An evaluation of the utility of web development methods |
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Authors: | Sheridan Jeary Keith Phalp Jonathan Vincent |
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Affiliation: | (1) Software Systems Research Centre, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB, UK |
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Abstract: | Although many web development methods exist, they are rarely used by practitioners. The work reported here, seeks to explain
why this might be so, and suggests that, for many, the perceived benefits may be outweighed by the difficulty or effort required
to learn the method. In attempting to gauge the utility of methods the authors undertook a 2-year study of 23 small web development
projects, attempting to use a range of published (academic) methods. Of the 23 projects we found only one case where the developer
continued to use an academic web development method throughout the lifecycle. The ability to understand a method and/or its
techniques was repeatedly cited as the reason for its abandonment. Our findings also indicate a number of key areas, relating
to terminology, completeness, and guidance, where existing methods may be failing their intended users. In attempting to further
our understanding of web development methods we completed a comprehensive survey of web development methods; covering 52 web
development methods, encompassing a range of different research communities, and drawing upon 63 different sources. Our findings
here shed some light upon the confusion of methods for the would-be user. In summary, the findings are that, although there
is much of value in a variety of methods, method choice is somewhat bewildering for the newcomer to the field, and many methods
are incomplete in some dimension. By providing this work we hope to go some way towards supporting the software engineering
community, in both academia and industry, in their understanding of the quality issues that exist with the take up and use
of web development methods.
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Keywords: | Web development Web development methods Web development projects |
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