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Thematic Review and Analysis of Grounded Theory Application in Software Engineering
Author
Source
Advances in Software Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We present metacodes, a new concept to guide grounded theory (GT) research in software engineering.
Metacodes are high level codes that can help software engineering researchers guide the data coding process.
Metacodes are constructed in the course of analyzing software engineering papers that use grounded theory as a research methodology.
We performed a high level analysis to discover common themes in such papers and discovered that GT had been applied primarily in three software engineering disciplines: agile development processes, geographically distributed software development, and requirements engineering.
For each category, we collected and analyzed all grounded theory codes and created, following a GT analysis process, what we call metacodes that can be used to drive further theory building.
This paper surveys the use of grounded theory in software engineering and presents an overview of successes and challenges of applying this research methodology.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Badreddin, Omar. 2013. Thematic Review and Analysis of Grounded Theory Application in Software Engineering. Advances in Software Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Badreddin, Omar. Thematic Review and Analysis of Grounded Theory Application in Software Engineering. Advances in Software Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Badreddin, Omar. Thematic Review and Analysis of Grounded Theory Application in Software Engineering. Advances in Software Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-473866