SPES 2020 Deliverable 1.4.B-1 Result of the Tool Questionnaire

2 Results
In this section, we present the results of each question together with a short interpretation.
The questions are divided into the following categories:
Context. This category asks questions about the project in whose context the questionnaire
was filled out (see Section 2.1).
Target Platform. This category concentrates on questions about the target platform
onto which the developed embedded system is deployed (see Section 2.2).
Overview of Today’s Tools. This category asks questions about the status quo of tools
currently used in industry (see Section 2.3).
Deficits of Today’s Tools. This category concentrates on questions about problems
with the current tools and about requirements for future tools (see Section 2.4).
Remark: Questions 1 and 2 asked for the name and the affiliation of the respondent, respectively.
Since we want to keep the result of the questionnaire fully anonymous, their answers
are left out here.
2.1 Context (Questions 3-6)
The questionnaire should be filled out from the perspective of a certain project in which the
respondent works. The following questions ask for some information about the project and the
respondent’s role in the project.
Q.3: How many persons comprises the project you are working in? (One
possible answer)
0-5
42%
5-10
13% 10-20
13%
no answer
8%
20-50
4%
>50
21%
Figure 4: Project size (Q.3)
Figure 4 shows the distribution of the project size over the predefined categories. The filled
out questionnaires cover the whole range of these categories. Small projects dominate the
results of the questionnaire, as more than 50% of the answers are from projects with a
maximum of 10 people. Unfortunately, 8% of the respondents have provided no answer
to this question.
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