Project Leader: Dolores R. Wallace at dwallace@nist.gov

Goals
To provide quicker access by software industry to effective software technology by defining experimentation models for research in software, understanding how industry currently selects technologyand providing methods of conducting and eporting on the former to enhance the latter.

Brief Description
We have defined 12 experimental models applicable to the research domain. Through our technology instrument, we are examining how industry selects technology, by using subsets of the models. We will develop measures relating technology impact on software quality.

Staff
Marvin Zelkowitz, Dolores Wallace

Products
Reports
- Zelkowitz, Marvin V. and Dolores R. Wallace, "Experimental Models for Software Diagnosis," NIST IR 5889, September 1996. Papers
- Zelkowitz, Marvin V. and Dolores R. Wallace, Experimental Models for Validating Computer Technology, COMPUTER, issue TBD
- Zelkowitz M. and D. Wallace, Experimental validation in software engineering, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier Sciences, The Netherlands, November, 1997.
- Zelkowitz, Marvin Z. and Dolores R. Wallace, "Experimental Validation in Software Engineering, Empirical Assessment and Evaluation in Software Engineering Conference, Keele University, England, March 24-26, 1997.

Conferences
- EASE Conference

Tools
- Instrument: How Does Industry Select Technology

Who Benefits
Software industry, by development of technology transfer aids adapted to software domain

Current Work
Development of the technology transfer aids based on the 12 methods Next Milestones
Technology Report, FY98