Empirical Research Plan: Effects of Sketching on Program Comprehension
This addresses a gap in understanding sketching practices for software engineers, but it is incremental as it focuses on proposing a research plan rather than presenting results.
The paper tackles the lack of research on sketching in software engineering by proposing a controlled experiment to study how sketches affect program comprehension, aiming to measure effectiveness and efficiency.
Sketching is an important means of communication in software engineering practice. Yet, there is little research investigating the use of sketches. We want to contribute a better understanding of sketching, in particular its use during program comprehension. We propose a controlled experiment to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of program comprehension with the support of sketches as well as what sketches are used in what way.