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A Practical Procedure for Introducing Data Collection (with examples from Maintenance)

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Software Engineering for Large Software Systems

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This paper describes the experience of the authors in data collection activities, both on collaborative research projects and internal to the STC corporation. On the basis of this experience, we define a procedure for the introduction of data collection schemes. Examples, based on medicating the maintenance phase, are provided.

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Linkman, S., Pickard, L., Ross, N. (1990). A Practical Procedure for Introducing Data Collection (with examples from Maintenance). In: Kitchenham, B.A. (eds) Software Engineering for Large Software Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0771-3_14

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