3rd International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry (CESI 2015)

Few would deny today the importance of empirical studies in the field of Software Engineering (SE) and, indeed, an increasing number of studies are being conducted involving the software industry. While literature abounds on empirical procedures, relatively little is known about the dynamics and complexity of conducting empirical studies in the software industry. What are the impediments and how to best handle them? This driver underlies the organisation of the third in a series of workshops, CESI 2015. Apart from structured presentations and discussions from academic and industry participants, this workshop (like predecessor workshops) includes a "wall of ideas" session where all participants asynchronously post their ideas on the wall, literally, which are then analysed. As a tangible output, the workshop's discussions will be summarised in a post-workshop report.