Rapid Reviews in Software Engineering
| Title | Rapid Reviews in Software Engineering |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | B Cartaxo, G Pinto & S Soares |
| Details | In M Felderer & G H Travassos (Eds.) Contemporary Empirical Methods in Software Engineering, pp357-384, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Abstract | Integrating research evidence into practice is one of the main goals of evidence-based software engineering (EBSE). Secondary studies, one of the main EBSE products, are intended to summarize the “best” research evidence and make them easily consumable by practitioners. However, recent studies show that some secondary studies lack connections with software engineering practice. In this chapter, we present the concept of Rapid Reviews, which are lightweight secondary studies focused on delivering evidence to practitioners in a timely manner. Rapid reviews support practitioners in their decision-making, and should be conducted bounded to a practical problem, inserted into a practical context. Thus, Rapid Reviews can be easily integrated in a knowledge/technology transfer initiative. After describing the basic concepts, we present the results and experiences of conducting two Rapid Reviews. We also provide guidelines to help researchers and practitioners who want to conduct Rapid Reviews, and we finally discuss topics that may concern the research community about the feasibility of Rapid Reviews as an evidence-based method. In conclusion, we believe Rapid Reviews might be of interest to researchers and practitioners working on the intersection of software engineering research and practice. |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-030-32489-6_13 |
| BibTex | @inbook{Cartaxo2020, abstract = {Integrating research evidence into practice is one of the main goals of evidence-based software engineering (EBSE). Secondary studies, one of the main EBSE products, are intended to summarize the “best” research evidence and make them easily consumable by practitioners. However, recent studies show that some secondary studies lack connections with software engineering practice. In this chapter, we present the concept of Rapid Reviews, which are lightweight secondary studies focused on delivering evidence to practitioners in a timely manner. Rapid reviews support practitioners in their decision-making, and should be conducted bounded to a practical problem, inserted into a practical context. Thus, Rapid Reviews can be easily integrated in a knowledge/technology transfer initiative. After describing the basic concepts, we present the results and experiences of conducting two Rapid Reviews. We also provide guidelines to help researchers and practitioners who want to conduct Rapid Reviews, and we finally discuss topics that may concern the research community about the feasibility of Rapid Reviews as an evidence-based method. In conclusion, we believe Rapid Reviews might be of interest to researchers and practitioners working on the intersection of software engineering research and practice.}, address = {Cham}, author = {Cartaxo, Bruno and Pinto, Gustavo and Soares, Sergio}, booktitle = {Contemporary Empirical Methods in Software Engineering}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-32489-6_13}, editor = {Felderer, Michael and Travassos, Guilherme Horta}, isbn = {978-3-030-32489-6}, pages = {357–384}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, title = {Rapid Reviews in Software Engineering}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32489-6_13}, year = {2020}, bdsk-url-1 = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32489-6_13}} |
| Topics | evidence-based software engineering; rapid review |