Escaped from the lab: crossing the gap from invention to practice

ABSTRACT

This workshop will address many practical questions that arise in software product organizations large and small, focusing on the transition from an idea to a product. How do you go from a good research idea to a real-world product? Why is it so hard to address performance, reliability, and security issues when going from an initial prototype implementation into product-quality code? What have we learned from our successes and failures in converting research ideas into quality software products? Workshop participants will explore the challenges, compiling a set of the most important techniques to utilize when turning inventions into practice.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.9 Management

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.3 Organizational Impacts
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management

General Terms:
Management

Keywords:
complexity, reuse