I'm a computer scientist who has recently returned to academia after
years in the software industry.  My experiences in industry have given
me lots of naive theories about psychological aspects of software
engineering -- you know, development of large software projects using
many developers over extended periods of time.  So it's not mainstream
Psychology of Programming, but it's related.

I'm looking for information about the research landscape.   Does the
psychology of software engineering already fit into an established
research category?  What research areas have the most closely related
previous work?   What specific literature should I start with?  (I've
made superficial passes through Hoc et al's Psychology of Programming,
Detienne's Software Design -- Cognitive Aspects, and of course
Weinberg's Psychology of Computer Programming.)

I'm also hoping for PPIG advice on the matter of marketing.  What
journals and conferences are receptive to this kind of research?  What
funding agencies are most likely to fund it?  (I'm in the U.S.)  What is
the best label or category to apply to such research (the best spin to
put on it) to get it accepted?

Thanks,

Mark Abbott
Computer Science Dept.
California State University, Chico
530.898.4037
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~abbott



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