An industry survey on approaches, success factors, and barriers for technology transfer in software engineering

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One central aspect of software engineering research is the transfer of the proposed approaches into industrial practice. In the past, a number of technology transfer approaches and experiences from technology transfer projects in software engineering have already been reported. However, many researchers still struggle to get their research results noticed by practitioners. To investigate what is important to practitioners, we conducted a mixed-methods study that provides us with reliable quantitative data as well as deeper insights from qualitative data. Our results show that there is a mismatch between industry professionals' needs and commonly proposed technology transfer approaches in the software engineering field. For instance, collaboration between industry and academia as well as participation in empirical evaluations is not deemed important from an industry point of view. In contrast, industry professionals emphasize the use of company-specific pilot projects conducted by industry and the need for experts to be available in every phase of technology transfer.

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Daun, M., Brings, J., Aluko Obe, P., & Tenbergen, B. (2023). An industry survey on approaches, success factors, and barriers for technology transfer in software engineering. Software - Practice and Experience, 53(7), 1496–1524. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.3200

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