Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews

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Autor(a) principal: Santos, Vinicius dos
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Tese
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
Texto Completo: https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/55/55134/tde-20122023-111616/
Resumo: Context: Systematic Literature Review (SLR) has been increasingly adopted in Software Engineering (SE) because it is considered the most reliable way to gather evidence from the literature. At the same time, SLR currently consumes much time and effort to be conducted, and its results have not impacted the software industry as expected. Despite several solutions proposed to solve the problems of SLR, the research remains very fragmented failing to provide a bigger picture of the problems and associated solutions. Objective: This study introduces the concept of sustainability in SLRs to the SE community as a holistic view of the current research scenario putting together a solid knowledge base that includes definitions, guidelines, and the main leveraging points of sustainability in current SLR conducted in SE. Method: After conducting a tertiary study investigating the main characteristics of sustainability of software systems, we applied the meta-ethnographic method to transpose sustainability characteristics into SLR context by identifying, adapting, synthesizing, and validating those which could aid researchers in conducting more useful studies with less effort. Finally, we extracted a sample of high-quality studies conducted in the SE area, next, we applied a sustainability view to identify the flaws that lead to unsustainable SLR. Results: Our study provides an overview of the role of sustainability in the SLR context and provides important assets for SE community to identify what are sustainable SLR, such as 15 characteristics of sustainable SLR and 15 sensitive points of SLR process that are considered critical factors to achieve sustainability. In addition, we propose 16 guidelines to support researchers to improve sustainability in their SLR and identified 13 leveraging points found in relevant studies in SE area that together represent actions that should be adopted immediately to enhance the sustainability of SLR. Conclusion: Our work represents a starting point for a mindset shift in the SE community about the importance of creating more sustainable reviews. Furthermore, we believe that sustainability is the missing key concept that could connect many advances achieved over the years of research and remove barriers that hinder SLR from providing useful information in a timely manner for academia and industry. Henceforth, we believe that researchers should observe sustainability as a first-class citizen while conducting/updating SLR to make them compatible with the sustainability view.
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spelling Sustainability of Systematic Literature ReviewsSustentabilidade em Revisões Sistemáticas da LiteraturaEngenharia de softwareRevisão sistemáticaRevisão sistemática da literaturaSoftware engineeringSustainbilitySustentabilidadeSystematic literature reviewSystematic reviewContext: Systematic Literature Review (SLR) has been increasingly adopted in Software Engineering (SE) because it is considered the most reliable way to gather evidence from the literature. At the same time, SLR currently consumes much time and effort to be conducted, and its results have not impacted the software industry as expected. Despite several solutions proposed to solve the problems of SLR, the research remains very fragmented failing to provide a bigger picture of the problems and associated solutions. Objective: This study introduces the concept of sustainability in SLRs to the SE community as a holistic view of the current research scenario putting together a solid knowledge base that includes definitions, guidelines, and the main leveraging points of sustainability in current SLR conducted in SE. Method: After conducting a tertiary study investigating the main characteristics of sustainability of software systems, we applied the meta-ethnographic method to transpose sustainability characteristics into SLR context by identifying, adapting, synthesizing, and validating those which could aid researchers in conducting more useful studies with less effort. Finally, we extracted a sample of high-quality studies conducted in the SE area, next, we applied a sustainability view to identify the flaws that lead to unsustainable SLR. Results: Our study provides an overview of the role of sustainability in the SLR context and provides important assets for SE community to identify what are sustainable SLR, such as 15 characteristics of sustainable SLR and 15 sensitive points of SLR process that are considered critical factors to achieve sustainability. In addition, we propose 16 guidelines to support researchers to improve sustainability in their SLR and identified 13 leveraging points found in relevant studies in SE area that together represent actions that should be adopted immediately to enhance the sustainability of SLR. Conclusion: Our work represents a starting point for a mindset shift in the SE community about the importance of creating more sustainable reviews. Furthermore, we believe that sustainability is the missing key concept that could connect many advances achieved over the years of research and remove barriers that hinder SLR from providing useful information in a timely manner for academia and industry. Henceforth, we believe that researchers should observe sustainability as a first-class citizen while conducting/updating SLR to make them compatible with the sustainability view.Context: A Revisão Sistemática da Literatura (RSL) tem sido cada vez mais adotada na Engenharia de Software (ES) por ser considerada a forma mais confiável de reunir evidências da literatura. Ao mesmo tempo, uma RSL atualmente consome muito tempo e esforço para ser conduzida, e seus resultados não impactam a indústria de software como esperado. Apesar de várias soluções propostas para resolver problemas pontuais relacionados à RSL, a pesquisa permanece fragmentada e as alternativas falham em estabelecer conexões entre os problemas atuais de RSL em ES. Objetivo: Este estudo apresenta o conceito de sustentabilidade em RSL para a comunidade ES como uma visão holística do cenário atual de pesquisa, reunindo uma sólida base de conhecimento que inclui definições, diretrizes e os principais pontos de alavancagem da sustentabilidade das RSL conduzidas em ES. Método: Depois de realizar um estudo terciário investigando as principais características da sustentabilidade dos sistemas de software, foi aplicado o método meta-etnográfico para transpor as características da sustentabilidade para o contexto de RSL, identificando, adaptando, sintetizando e validando aquelas que poderiam auxiliar os pesquisadores na condução de estudos mais úteis com menos esforço. Por fim, foi extraída uma amostra de estudos realizados na área de ES, e em seguida, foi aplicada uma visão de sustentabilidade para identificar as falhas que tornam as RSLs insustentáveis. Resultados: O estudo apresentado fornece uma visão geral do papel da sustentabilidade no contexto de RSL e fornece recursos importantes para a comunidade de ES identificar o que são RSLs sustentáveis, bem como 15 características de RSLs sustentáveis, 15 pontos sensíveis do processo RSL que são considerados fatores críticos para alcançar a sustentabilidade. Além disso, foram propostas 16 diretrizes para apoiar os pesquisadores a melhorar a sustentabilidade em suas RSLs e 13 pontos de alavancagem encontrados em estudos relevantes na área de ES que, juntos, representam ações que devem ser adotadas imediatamente para aumentar a sustentabilidade da RSL. Conclusão: O trabalho apresentado representa um ponto de partida para uma mudança de mentalidade na comunidade de ES sobre a importância de criar RSLs mais sustentáveis. Para isso é necessário que os pesquisadores observem a sustentabilidade como um cidadão de primeira classe ao conduzir/atualizar uma RSL. Acredita-se que a sustentabilidade é o conceito-chave que faltava para conectar muitos avanços conquistados ao longo dos anos de pesquisa e remover barreiras que impedem a RSL de fornecer informações úteis em tempo hábil para a academia e a indústria.Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USPNakagawa, Elisa YumiSantos, Vinicius dos2023-08-29info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdfhttps://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/55/55134/tde-20122023-111616/reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USPinstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPLiberar o conteúdo para acesso público.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesseng2023-12-20T13:49:03Zoai:teses.usp.br:tde-20122023-111616Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertaçõeshttp://www.teses.usp.br/PUBhttp://www.teses.usp.br/cgi-bin/mtd2br.plvirginia@if.usp.br|| atendimento@aguia.usp.br||virginia@if.usp.bropendoar:27212023-12-20T13:49:03Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
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Sustentabilidade em Revisões Sistemáticas da Literatura
title Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews
spellingShingle Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews
Santos, Vinicius dos
Engenharia de software
Revisão sistemática
Revisão sistemática da literatura
Software engineering
Sustainbility
Sustentabilidade
Systematic literature review
Systematic review
title_short Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews
title_full Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews
title_fullStr Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews
title_sort Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews
author Santos, Vinicius dos
author_facet Santos, Vinicius dos
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Nakagawa, Elisa Yumi
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos, Vinicius dos
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Revisão sistemática
Revisão sistemática da literatura
Software engineering
Sustainbility
Sustentabilidade
Systematic literature review
Systematic review
topic Engenharia de software
Revisão sistemática
Revisão sistemática da literatura
Software engineering
Sustainbility
Sustentabilidade
Systematic literature review
Systematic review
description Context: Systematic Literature Review (SLR) has been increasingly adopted in Software Engineering (SE) because it is considered the most reliable way to gather evidence from the literature. At the same time, SLR currently consumes much time and effort to be conducted, and its results have not impacted the software industry as expected. Despite several solutions proposed to solve the problems of SLR, the research remains very fragmented failing to provide a bigger picture of the problems and associated solutions. Objective: This study introduces the concept of sustainability in SLRs to the SE community as a holistic view of the current research scenario putting together a solid knowledge base that includes definitions, guidelines, and the main leveraging points of sustainability in current SLR conducted in SE. Method: After conducting a tertiary study investigating the main characteristics of sustainability of software systems, we applied the meta-ethnographic method to transpose sustainability characteristics into SLR context by identifying, adapting, synthesizing, and validating those which could aid researchers in conducting more useful studies with less effort. Finally, we extracted a sample of high-quality studies conducted in the SE area, next, we applied a sustainability view to identify the flaws that lead to unsustainable SLR. Results: Our study provides an overview of the role of sustainability in the SLR context and provides important assets for SE community to identify what are sustainable SLR, such as 15 characteristics of sustainable SLR and 15 sensitive points of SLR process that are considered critical factors to achieve sustainability. In addition, we propose 16 guidelines to support researchers to improve sustainability in their SLR and identified 13 leveraging points found in relevant studies in SE area that together represent actions that should be adopted immediately to enhance the sustainability of SLR. Conclusion: Our work represents a starting point for a mindset shift in the SE community about the importance of creating more sustainable reviews. Furthermore, we believe that sustainability is the missing key concept that could connect many advances achieved over the years of research and remove barriers that hinder SLR from providing useful information in a timely manner for academia and industry. Henceforth, we believe that researchers should observe sustainability as a first-class citizen while conducting/updating SLR to make them compatible with the sustainability view.
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