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10th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2003)
Leveraging Visio for Adoption-Centric Reverse Engineering Tools
Victoria, B.C., Canada
November 13-November 17
ISBN: 0-7695-2027-8
Qin Zhu, University of Victoria
Yu Chen, University of Victoria
Piotr Kaminski, University of Victoria
Anke Weber, University of Victoria
Holger Kienle, University of Victoria
Hausi A. M?, University of Victoria
There are many reasons why reverse engineering research tools often fail to be evaluated or adopted in industry. Their rough user interfaces and poor interoperability are just two frequently mentioned issues. The aim of the ACSE (Adoption-Centric Software Engineering) project, conducted at the University of Victoria, is to investigate how some of these impediments can be overcome by building software engineering tools on top of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products.
This paper outlines how to leverage Microsoft Visio for a software visualization and metrics tool. Software developers familiar with Visio only have to learn the reverse engineering specific functions introduced by our tools and can take advantage of their existing, domain-independent Visio knowledge. Thus, compared to a stand-alone application, this Visio-based tool leverages the cognitive support previously acquired by developers using Visio.
Citation:
Qin Zhu, Yu Chen, Piotr Kaminski, Anke Weber, Holger Kienle, Hausi A. M?, "Leveraging Visio for Adoption-Centric Reverse Engineering Tools," wcre, pp.270, 10th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2003), 2003
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