RE-THINKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING APPROACHES: A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THEORY BUILDING

Balbir S. Barn, Tony Clark

2011

Abstract

This paper re-appraises Peter Naur’s influential paper on Programming as Theory Building in the context of modern software engineering practice. The central argument is that such practice is focussed primarily on methods, notations, lifecycles and the description of artifacts such as models. Instead we propose that a theory building view is more appropriate, and that the concept of a theory should underpin a software design process which then calls for new tools and a new research agenda.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

S. Barn B. and Clark T. (2011). RE-THINKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING APPROACHES: A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THEORY BUILDING . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Software and Database Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8425-76-8, pages 59-64. DOI: 10.5220/0003610700590064

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft11,
author={Balbir S. Barn and Tony Clark},
title={RE-THINKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING APPROACHES: A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THEORY BUILDING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Software and Database Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2011},
pages={59-64},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003610700590064},
isbn={978-989-8425-76-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Software and Database Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - RE-THINKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING APPROACHES: A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THEORY BUILDING
SN - 978-989-8425-76-8
AU - S. Barn B.
AU - Clark T.
PY - 2011
SP - 59
EP - 64
DO - 10.5220/0003610700590064