Kostas Stroggylos PhD research plan

Following the research proposal, the research plan outline is as follows:

• Mar 08: Complete the data / metric collection infrastructure, probably publish something based on that experience
• Jun 08: Perform tests with the search-based and the JDevan port for detecting refactorings
• Sep 08: Perform comparative analysis of refactoring usage on commercial and OSS projects (requires collaboration with software vendors), report results
• Dec 08: Validation of the above results, and the 'refactor to make adding new functionality easy' pattern in both worlds
• Mar 09: Start writing final thesis

More detailed plan to follow.