Abstract
More and more software systems are developed by customizing a standard product that provide the major part of the functionality. The customization of Enterprise Resource Planning systems is such a product based software development practice. Little empirical research on the specificities of these software development practices is available. We present an empirical study on customization practices based on video recordings, interviews and a survey. The observed and reported practices challenge some of the principles of software engineering. Based on the analysis, we discuss the specificity of this kind of development, the role of communities of practice, and the resulting challenges for the field of software engineering.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2008 international workshop on Cooperative and human aspects of software engineering 2008, : CHASE '08, Leipzig, Germany May 13 - 13, 2008 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Pages | 37-40 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-60558-039-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | ICSE 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering - Leipzig, Germany Duration: 10 May 2008 → 18 May 2008 Conference number: 13 |
Conference
| Conference | ICSE 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering |
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| Number | 13 |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Leipzig |
| Period | 10/05/2008 → 18/05/2008 |