Hello Everyone ,
I would like to ask for your support. I am a PhD student working on software architecture. I am currently exploring how developers search for architectural information in software development. I conduct a survey to investigate how architectural information is searched, how the usefulness of retrieved architectural information is assessed, etc., to support development tasks, and the challenges developers face. This questionnaire will take about 5-10 minutes. All the responses will be anonymized and we will not share your personal information with anyone else. The results of the survey will be shared with all the participants via the email addresses recorded. To do this, we need YOUR opinion! The survey is at: https://tinyurl.com/searchai
Thank you for your participation!
Kind regards,
Musenga Jean de Dieu
Wuhan University

Musenga JD木森 <mjados@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello Everyone ,
> I would like to ask for your support. I am a PhD student working on
> software architecture. I am currently exploring how developers search
> for architectural information in software development. I conduct a
> survey to investigate how architectural information is searched, how
> the usefulness of retrieved architectural information is assessed,
> etc., to support development tasks, and the challenges developers
> face. This questionnaire will take about 5-10 minutes. All the
> responses will be anonymized and we will not share your personal
> information with anyone else. The results of the survey will be shared
> with all the participants via the email addresses recorded. To do
> this, we need YOUR opinion! The survey is at:
> https://tinyurl.com/searchai
> Thank you for your participation!

You don't explain what is architectural information. What is that?

On 9/29/2021 7:05 AM, Hope Rouselle wrote:
> Musenga JD木森 <mjados@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello Everyone ,
>> I would like to ask for your support. I am a PhD student working on
>> software architecture. I am currently exploring how developers search
>> for architectural information in software development. I conduct a
>> survey to investigate how architectural information is searched, how
>> the usefulness of retrieved architectural information is assessed,
>> etc., to support development tasks, and the challenges developers
>> face. This questionnaire will take about 5-10 minutes. All the
>> responses will be anonymized and we will not share your personal
>> information with anyone else. The results of the survey will be shared
>> with all the participants via the email addresses recorded. To do
>> this, we need YOUR opinion! The survey is at:
>> https://tinyurl.com/searchai
>> Thank you for your participation!
>
> You don't explain what is architectural information. What is that?
I took the survey. At the end I noted the same problem and stated
something to the effect that "I bet our definitions of architecture are
not the same." That conclusion was drawn from the type of questions
asked. I also opined that this wasn't, in my mind, a very good
dissertation topic.
--
Jeff Barnett

Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> writes:

[...]

>>> Thank you for your participation!
>> You don't explain what is architectural information. What is that?
>
> I took the survey. At the end I noted the same problem and stated
> something to the effect that "I bet our definitions of architecture
> are not the same." That conclusion was drawn from the type of
> questions asked. I also opined that this wasn't, in my mind, a very
> good dissertation topic.

Such is life.

At my university this semester, a group of teachers asked students in
the introductory programming course to fill out a form reporting their
opinions on the course. To fill out the form, you had to be logged in
with your account and the form captured your account. The turn out was
very low, of course.

* Jeff Barnett <sj24lq$v8v$1@dont-email.me> :
Wrote on Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:36:06 -0600:
> On 9/29/2021 7:05 AM, Hope Rouselle wrote:
>> Musenga <mjados@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello Everyone ,
>>> I would like to ask for your support. I am a PhD student working on
>>> software architecture. I am currently exploring how developers search
>>> for architectural information in software development. I conduct a
>>> survey to investigate how architectural information is searched, how
>>> the usefulness of retrieved architectural information is assessed,
>>> etc., to support development tasks, and the challenges developers
>>> face. This questionnaire will take about 5-10 minutes. All the
>>> responses will be anonymized and we will not share your personal
>>> information with anyone else. The results of the survey will be shared
>>> with all the participants via the email addresses recorded. To do
>>> this, we need YOUR opinion! The survey is at:
>>> https://tinyurl.com/searchai
>>> Thank you for your participation!
>> You don't explain what is architectural information. What is that?
>
> I took the survey. At the end I noted the same problem and stated
> something to the effect that "I bet our definitions of architecture
> are not the same." That conclusion was drawn from the type of
> questions asked. I also opined that this wasn't, in my mind, a very
> good dissertation topic.

I didn't get past the first page beyond the google docs javascript, and
didn't see the questions.

But i think the loosest definition for "software architecture" would
work - (displayed by google on its search results page - without further
attribution)

"Software architecture exposes the structure of a system while hiding
the implementation details. Architecture also focuses on how the
elements and components within a system interact with one
other. Software design delves deeper into the implementation details of
the system."

Architectural information is information about the software
archictecture - without having to grok all the implementation code.

I think it is a relevant topic to choose if the candidate can get at
some info. Huge open source projects from the big name vendors, it is
pretty hard to get at the structure (at least outside of the employed
software teams) I think the architectural information is often not
public.

On 2021-10-02, Hope Rouselle <hrouselle@jevedi.com> wrote:
> Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>>> Thank you for your participation!
>>> You don't explain what is architectural information. What is that?
>>
>> I took the survey. At the end I noted the same problem and stated
>> something to the effect that "I bet our definitions of architecture
>> are not the same." That conclusion was drawn from the type of
>> questions asked. I also opined that this wasn't, in my mind, a very
>> good dissertation topic.
>
> Such is life.
>
> At my university this semester, a group of teachers asked students in
> the introductory programming course to fill out a form reporting their
> opinions on the course. To fill out the form, you had to be logged in
> with your account and the form captured your account. The turn out was
> very low, of course.

Did that group of teachers never take a stats course? Even with anonymity,
you get biased information, never mind without it.

I hope for their sake that they are not that stupid; that it is
something that came down from higher up in the administration that they
begrudgingly implemented.

--
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* Kaz Kylheku <20211002095803.753@kylheku.com> :
Wrote on Sat, 2 Oct 2021 17:00:26 -0000 (UTC):

> Did that group of teachers never take a stats course? Even with anonymity,
> you get biased information, never mind without it.
>
> I hope for their sake that they are not that stupid; that it is
> something that came down from higher up in the administration that they
> begrudgingly implemented.

Bogus consolation. If they are enslaved like this to higher
administration they are already stupid, beyond stupid.

Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> writes:

> On 2021-10-02, Hope Rouselle <hrouselle@jevedi.com> wrote:
>> Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>>> Thank you for your participation!
>>>> You don't explain what is architectural information. What is that?
>>>
>>> I took the survey. At the end I noted the same problem and stated
>>> something to the effect that "I bet our definitions of architecture
>>> are not the same." That conclusion was drawn from the type of
>>> questions asked. I also opined that this wasn't, in my mind, a very
>>> good dissertation topic.
>>
>> Such is life.
>>
>> At my university this semester, a group of teachers asked students in
>> the introductory programming course to fill out a form reporting their
>> opinions on the course. To fill out the form, you had to be logged in
>> with your account and the form captured your account. The turn out was
>> very low, of course.
>
> Did that group of teachers never take a stats course? Even with
> anonymity, you get biased information, never mind without it.

That makes sense.

The sad answer is that all of them must have taken a stats course.

> I hope for their sake that they are not that stupid; that it is
> something that came down from higher up in the administration that they
> begrudgingly implemented.

I'd feel better that way --- momentarily.

Madhu <enometh@meer.net> writes:

> * Kaz Kylheku <20211002095803.753@kylheku.com> :
> Wrote on Sat, 2 Oct 2021 17:00:26 -0000 (UTC):
>
>> Did that group of teachers never take a stats course? Even with anonymity,
>> you get biased information, never mind without it.
>>
>> I hope for their sake that they are not that stupid; that it is
>> something that came down from higher up in the administration that they
>> begrudgingly implemented.
>
> Bogus consolation. If they are enslaved like this to higher
> administration they are already stupid, beyond stupid.

Well observed.