Applying surveys and interviews in software test tool evaluation |
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Author: | Raulamo-Jurvanen, Päivi1; Hosio, Simo2; Mäntylä, Mika V.1 |
Organizations: |
1ITEE, M3S, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2ITEE, UBICOMP, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | accepted version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.6 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202001142023 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Springer Nature,
2019
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Publish Date: | 2020-11-18 |
Description: |
AbstractDespite the multitude of available software testing tools, literature lists lack of right tools and costs as problems for adopting a tool. We conducted a case study to analyze how a group of practitioners, familiar with Robot Framework (an open source, generic test automation framework), evaluate the tool. We based the case and the unit of analysis on our academia-industry relations, i.e., availability. We used a survey (n = 68) and interviews (n = 6) with convenience sampling to develop a comprehensive view of the phenomena. The study reveals the importance of understanding the interconnection of different criteria and the potency of the context on those. Our results show that unconfirmed or unfocused opinions about criteria, e.g., about Costs or Programming Skills, can lead to misinterpretations or hamper strategic decisions if overlooking required technical competence. We conclude surveys can serve as a useful instrument for collecting empirical knowledge about tool evaluation, but experiential reasoning collected with a complementary method is required to develop into comprehensive understanding about it. see all
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Series: |
Lecture notes in computer science |
ISSN: | 0302-9743 |
ISSN-E: | 1611-3349 |
ISSN-L: | 0302-9743 |
ISBN: | 978-3-030-35333-9 |
ISBN Print: | 978-3-030-35332-2 |
Pages: | 20 - 36 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-35333-9_2 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35333-9_2 |
Host publication: |
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement : 20th International Conference, PROFES 2019, Barcelona, Spain, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings |
Host publication editor: |
Franch, Xavier Männistö, Tomi Martínez-Fernández, Silverio |
Conference: |
International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement |
Type of Publication: |
A4 Article in conference proceedings |
Field of Science: |
113 Computer and information sciences |
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Funding: |
The work was supported partially by research Grants No.: 3192/31/2017 from Business Finland for the EUREKA ITEA3 TESTOMAT project (16032), and No.: 286386-CPDSS from the Academy of Finland for the CPDSS project. |
Academy of Finland Grant Number: |
286386 |
Detailed Information: |
286386 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) |
Copyright information: |
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Product-Focused Software Process Improvement : 20th International Conference, PROFES 2019, Barcelona, Spain, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35333-9_2. |