Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing

Michael Felderer; Vahid Garousi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35510-4_1

Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing

Michael Felderer^*, Vahid Garousi

^*Corresponding author for this work

Queen's University Belfast

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Abstract

For a highly relevant and applied research area like software testing industry-academia collaboration is of uttermost importance. In this paper we reflect on how industry-academia collaboration can be improved based on evidence from four empirical studies. We therefore first present four studies providing evidence on the (1) perceived level of challenges in testing activities, (2) focus areas in industrial and academic software testing conferences, (3) synergies between industrial and academic software testing conferences, as well as (4) the need for consideration of grey literature. Then, we reflect on issues, which we think can improve the link and synergies between industry and academia in software testing, i.e., research topics, guidelines and evidence, value and risk, context and scalability, action research and education as well as grey literature and open science.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Quality
Subtitle of host publication	Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering - 12th International Conference, SWQD 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Dietmar Winkler, Stefan Biffl, Daniel Mendez, Daniel Mendez, Johannes Bergsmann
Publisher	Springer
Pages	3-12
ISBN (Print)	9783030355098
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35510-4_1
Publication status	Early online date - 09 Dec 2019
Event	12th International Conference on Software Quality Days, SWQD 2020 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 14 Jan 2020 → 17 Jan 2020

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	371 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Software Quality Days, SWQD 2020
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	14/01/2020 → 17/01/2020

Keywords

Industry academia collaboration
Software quality
Software testing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management Information Systems
Control and Systems Engineering
Business and International Management
Information Systems
Modelling and Simulation
Information Systems and Management

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Felderer, M., & Garousi, V. (2019). Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing. In D. Winkler, S. Biffl, D. Mendez, D. Mendez, & J. Bergsmann (Eds.), Software Quality: Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering - 12th International Conference, SWQD 2020, Proceedings (pp. 3-12). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 371 LNBIP). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35510-4_1

Felderer, Michael ; Garousi, Vahid. / Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing. Software Quality: Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering - 12th International Conference, SWQD 2020, Proceedings. editor / Dietmar Winkler ; Stefan Biffl ; Daniel Mendez ; Daniel Mendez ; Johannes Bergsmann. Springer, 2019. pp. 3-12 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Felderer, M & Garousi, V 2019, Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing. in D Winkler, S Biffl, D Mendez, D Mendez & J Bergsmann (eds), Software Quality: Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering - 12th International Conference, SWQD 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 371 LNBIP, Springer, pp. 3-12, 12th International Conference on Software Quality Days, SWQD 2020, Vienna, Austria, 14/01/2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35510-4_1

Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing. / Felderer, Michael; Garousi, Vahid.
Software Quality: Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering - 12th International Conference, SWQD 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Dietmar Winkler; Stefan Biffl; Daniel Mendez; Daniel Mendez; Johannes Bergsmann. Springer, 2019. p. 3-12 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 371 LNBIP).

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Felderer M, Garousi V. Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing. In Winkler D, Biffl S, Mendez D, Mendez D, Bergsmann J, editors, Software Quality: Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering - 12th International Conference, SWQD 2020, Proceedings. Springer. 2019. p. 3-12. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). Epub 2019 Dec 9. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-35510-4_1

Together We Are Stronger: Evidence-Based Reflections on Industry-Academia Collaboration in Software Testing

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