Abstract
The research position of empirical software engineering aims at improving productivity and quality based on measurements. To do this, it is important to use real software development projects for research. However, in Japan, academia has traditionally had relatively little access to real software developers, nor has industry had access to the expertise accumulated in academic institutions.
Since 2003, the authors have been field testing a new framework for academic-industry collaboration aimed at resolving this issue.
This paper describes the framework used in a project in terms of its conception, two years in initial use, and implications for implementing sharing of field data between industry and academia. It also describes a generalized approach to the intermediary role between academia and industry suggested by the concepts of technology arbitrage and the market make method in the financial field.
