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Action Research in Software Engineering

Theory and Applications

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Authors:
  1. Miroslaw Staron

    1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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  • Describes in detail one of the main research methodologies used for academia-industry research collaborations
  • Each chapter shares essential insights into action research and how to apply it
  • Covers the whole software lifecycle and includes a wealth of practical use cases and examples

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-13

  3. Action Research as Research Methodology in Software Engineering

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    Pages 15-36

  4. Diagnosing

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    Pages 37-56

  5. Action Planning

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    Pages 57-72

  6. Action Taking

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    Pages 73-92

  7. Evaluation

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    Pages 93-122

  8. Specifying Learning

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    Pages 123-139

  9. Action Research vs. Design Research

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    Pages 141-151

  10. Ensuring Sustainability of Knowledge

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    Pages 153-168

  11. Validity Evaluation

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    Pages 169-189

  12. Reporting Action Research Studies

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    Pages 191-213

  13. Conclusions

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    Pages 215-220
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Keywords

About this book

This book addresses action research (AR), one of the main research methodologies used for academia-industry research collaborations. It elaborates on how to find the right research activities and how to distinguish them from non-significant ones. Further, it details how to glean lessons from the research results, no matter whether they are positive or negative. Lastly, it shows how companies can evolve and build talents while expanding their product portfolio.


The book’s structure is based on that of AR projects; it sequentially covers and discusses each phase of the project. Each chapter shares new insights into AR and provides the reader with a better understanding of how to apply it. In addition, each chapter includes a number of practical use cases or examples. Taken together, the chapters cover the entire software lifecycle: from problem diagnosis to project (or action) planning and execution, to documenting and disseminating results, including validity assessments for AR studies.


The goal of this book is to help everyone interested in industry-academia collaborations to conduct joint research. It is for students of software engineering who need to learn about how to set up an evaluation, how to run a project, and how to document the results. It is for all academics who aren’t afraid to step out of their comfort zone and enter industry. It is for industrial researchers who know that they want to do more than just develop software blindly. And finally, it is for stakeholders who want to learn how to manage industrial research projects and how to set up guidelines for their own role and expectations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Miroslaw Staron

About the author

Miroslaw Staron is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published extensively on software metrics, model-driven software development and empirical software engineering, and has worked together with Ericsson, Volvo and other telecom companies and car manufacturers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Action Research in Software Engineering

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Applications

  • Authors: Miroslaw Staron

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32610-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32609-8Published: 03 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32612-8Published: 03 December 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32610-4Published: 24 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Software Engineering, Software Management, Management of Computing and Information Systems

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