Report from the Second International Workshop on Adoption-Centric Software Engineering (ACSE 2002)

As part of Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP) 2002 conference, the 2nd International Workshop on Adoption-Centric Software Engineering (ACSE 2002) was held in Montreal, Canada on Oct. 6-7, 2002. This report summarizes the ACSE 2002 workshop and provides a tentative roadmap towards addressing some of the challenges related to technology transition. In particular, the paper highlights the workshop's focus on adoption issues in the context of moving software reverse engineering tools from research prototypes to widely used products.