Evaluating trace link visualizations
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Computer systems and networks (MPCSN), MSc
Publicerad
2020
Författare
Johansson, Fredrik
Ntoukolis, Themistoklis
Modellbyggare
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Traceability has become a very important part of the software development lifecycle and
therefor a lot of research has been done and is being done about it. Our aim with this
paper is to explore and evaluate the effect that different traceability visualizations have
on the workload and find the most optimal visualizations that users will benefit more by
using in their projects. We used design science research in this paper and started with
a survey of industry professionals so that we could get an overview of traceability and
visualizations use in real life. This information was then compared with the results of
the experiment that was conducted as a second step. We created prototype visualizations
that were used for the experiment in which 16 students took part. These two iterations
provided us with qualitative and quantitative results that showed us there is no difference
in workload between the visualizations and that perception and familiarity have an influence in which visualization is preferred. Furthermore the results indicated that no matter
the visualization the information should be provided by them is the same.
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Ämne/nyckelord
Traceability , Eclipse Capra , traceability visualizations , computer science , engineering , project , thesis , requirements , change impact analysis , matrix , sunburst