The accredited laboratory AQCLab collaborates with the HELENA (Hybrid dEveLopmENt Approaches in software systems development) team in the research into the current state of practice in software and systems development.

To this end, the HELENA team has developed an international survey to determine which development approaches (traditional, agile, main-stream, or home-grown) are used in practice and how they are combined, how such combinations were developed over time, and if and how standards (e.g., safety standards) affect the development process and the methods applied. With this information, we aim to develop and deploy new systematic process designs and improvement activities to allow for more efficient and effective development approaches.

The survey consists of four parts: Demographics; Process Use; Process Use and Standards; and Experiences. You will be asked to answer a maximum of 29 questions, and the required time to get through the survey should not exceed 20 minutes.

We encourage you to complete this survey at the following link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/HELENA/

Your collaboration is very important in helping to improve software development practices and the maturity of Software Engineering.