An Integrated Software Engineering Approach for End-User Programmers

Burnett, Margaret; Rothermel, Gregg; Cook, Curtis R.

doi:10.1007/1-4020-5386-x_5

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“…In order to reduce spreadsheet development errors, Panko (2008) suggested providing software tools to help end users find development errors, for example, formula errors. Studies have been carried out to improve spreadsheet maintenance, such as tools for testing and debugging Excel formula errors (Burnett, Rothermel, & Cook, 2006) and improving spreadsheet data integrity (Cunha, Jo, Saraiva, & Visser, 2009). …”

Section: Spreadsheetmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing a Framework for End User Applications

Deng

Churcher

Abell

et al. 2011

End-User Development

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of a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Software and Information Technology Designing a Framework for End User Applications by Yanbo DengEnd user developers (i.e. non-professional developers) often create database applications to meet their immediate needs. However, these applications can often be difficult to generalise or adapt when requirements inevitably change. As part of this thesis, we visited several research institutions to investigate the issues of end user developed databases. We found that different user groups in the same organisation might require similar, but different, data management applications. However, the very specific designs used in most of these systems meant it was difficult to adapt them for other similar uses.In this thesis we propose a set of guidelines for supporting end user developers to create more flexible and adaptable data management applications. Our approach involves professional and end user developers working together to find a "middle way" between very specific and very generic designs. We propose a framework solution that allows the data model to have several co-existing variations which can satisfy the requirements of different user groups in a common domain. A "framework provider" (IT professional) will create the initial framework and data model. Configuration tools are then provided for a "framework manager" to easily customise the model to the specific needs of various user groups. The system also provides client toolkits and application generators to help end user developers (EUDs) to quickly create and customise applications based on the framework.The framework approach was applied to a case study involving a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for data on research experiments. We demonstrated that the framework developed could be successfully applied to several groups working in the same domain and could be extended to include new or changed requirements.We also evaluated the framework through software trials at several research organisations. All participants successfully used the configuration tools to extend the LIMS framework within an average of 40 minutes. EUDs were also able to easily create basic applications within an average of 25 minutes. The overall feedback was that the framework approach was a useful and efficient way to create adaptable data management applications. More importantly, ii participants were able to immediately see how the framework could be applied to their own laboratory data.

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Section: Spreadsheetmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing a Framework for End User Applications

Deng

Churcher

Abell

et al. 2011

End-User Development

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“…Another concept, IT consumerization, refers to the transportation of software and hardware products designed for personal use to the organization and their use for business purposes. Companies can provide consumption IT or enterprise IT to their employees [12,13]. Enterprise IT is a concept that includes enterprise services and support, as well as their strategy, management, budgets, and policy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Detection of Shadow IT Incidents for Centralized IT Management in Enterprises using Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms

KUTSAL,

DAŞ,

AŞKAR

et al. 2023

EJT

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software service where software solutions are offered to users via the internet, usually subscription-based or sometimes opened to access by selling a license key, distributed over the cloud, and updates are automatically delivered to users because they are distributed over the cloud. The number of SaaS provider companies is increasing day by day, and with this increase, unauthorized purchase of SaaS applications has become a problem for corporate-sized companies. Without the company's approval, SaaS software and hardware used by employees increase Shadow IT which means there is a potential risk of security breaches, data loss, and compliance issues as the IT department is unaware of the usage and unable to monitor and control the systems effectively. In this study, in order to avoid the problems that may be caused by Shadow IT, unauthorized SaaS applications in Arçelik Global have been detected by utilizing statistical and machine learning approaches. In the experiment, Interquartile Range, K-Means and Stabilization algorithms were used for the detection of unauthorized SaaS applications. Using all three algorithms, low, medium and high-risk shadow IT detection was made for Arçelik company. We see that the proposed stabilization approach explores unauthorized SaaS applications much more distinctively than the other two algorithms. The proposed approach can be used in the future to detect unauthorized software from other companies.

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“…Some research on using software engineering knowledge to inform the enduser programming environment is on-going. For example, Burnett et al [4] show how aspects of the software lifecycle can support dealing with testing, assertions and fault localisation within the Forms/3 framework [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards Requirements Engineering Practice for Professional End User Developers: A Case Study

Faily

2008

2008 Requirements Engineering Education and Training

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End-User Development has received a lot of attention in the research community. Despite the importance of Requirements Engineering in the software development lifecycle, comparatively little exists in the way of prescriptive advice or case studies on both Requirements Engineering and End-User Development. This paper argues that enduser developers can obtain practical benefit by adopting professional Requirements Engineering practices. We report on how these practices were fostered within a workplace environment and illustrate that evaluating the effectiveness of teaching such practices can lead to a better understanding of the relationship between End-User Development and Software Engineering in general.

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An Integrated Software Engineering Approach for End-User Programmers

Cited by 8 publications

References 42 publications

Designing a Framework for End User Applications

Designing a Framework for End User Applications

Detection of Shadow IT Incidents for Centralized IT Management in Enterprises using Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms

Towards Requirements Engineering Practice for Professional End User Developers: A Case Study

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