NDLI: Obstacles to Comprehension in Usage Based Reading

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Cooper, D.J.A. von Konsky, B.R. Robey, M.C. McMeekin, D.A.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput., Curtin Univ. of Technol., Perth, WA (Cooper, D.J.A.; von Konsky, B.R.; Robey, M.C.; McMeekin, D.A.)
Abstract	Usage based reading (UBR) is a recent approach to object oriented software inspections. Like other scenario based reading (SBR) techniques it proposes a prescriptive reading procedure. However, the impact of such procedures upon comprehension is not well known, and consideration has not been given to established software cognition theories. This paper describes a study examining software comprehension in UBR inspections. Participants traced the events of a UML sequence diagram through Java source code while thinking aloud. An electronic interface collected real-time data, allowing the identification of "points of interest", which were categorised according to issues affecting participants' performance. Together with indicators of participants' cognitive processes, this suggests that adherence to UBR scenarios is non-trivial. While UBR can detect more critical defects, we argue that a re-think of its prescriptive nature, including the use of cognition support, is required before it can become a practical reading technique.
Sponsorship	Data Processors Infosys Australia Davies Collison Cave Object Consulting Sun Microsystems Labs Swinburne Univ. Technol. IT Today Elsevier Australia
Starting Page	233
Ending Page	244
File Size	244318
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769527787
ISSN	15300803
DOI	10.1109/ASWEC.2007.34
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-04-10
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Inspection Cognition Unified modeling language Java Best practices Australia Software engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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