Pekka Abrahamsson

VOIVATKO HAJAUTETUT PROJEKTIT MISSÄÄN OLOSUHTEISSA ONNISTUA

Agile methods rapidly replacing traditional methods at Nokia: A survey of opinions on agile transformation

The perception of the impact of agile methods is predominantly positive, and several challenge areas were discovered, but based on this study, agile methods are here to stay.

Predicting Development Effort from User Stories

In this paper, we propose a method for predicting development effort based on user stories. Such approach is well suited for Agile software projects where requirements are developed along with the project and only sketched in a rough manner. We apply the proposed method to two industrial Agile software projects of very different size and structure. We show that such effort estimation works reasonably well if user stories are written in a structured way.

Strengths and barriers behind the successful agile deployment—insights from the three software intensive companies in Finland

By identifying the barriers and strengths of agile deployment, the paper deepens understanding of this highly relevant but relatively under-researched phenomenon and contributes to the literature on agile deployment and software process improvement.

On the Impact of Kanban on Software Project Work: An Empirical Case Study Investigation

Engineering & Information Technology

RING proposes a ring overlay, a set of protocols, and an implementation enabling the delivery voice among peers without connecting to Internet, and is demonstrated that RING is workable via the mathematical theory and a series of experiences.

The Impact of Aective States on Skills and Productivity in Software Development

This study proposes a linear mixed effects models that estimates the productivity of software developers by measuring their affective states related to the task they perform and finds significant evidence that software developers feeling positive affectiveStates also possess higher problem solving skills.

Lean Software Development

Does cloud computing deliver the promised benefits for IT industry?

This paper examines the perceived benefits of cloud computing from the cloud users' perspectives using content analysis techniques and proposes that the empirical insights gained are valuable to both researchers and practitioners.

Strengths and barriers behind the successful agile deployment—insights from the three software intensive companies in Finland

By identifying the barriers and strengths of agile deployment, the paper deepens understanding of this highly relevant but relatively under-researched phenomenon and contributes to the literature on agile deployment and software process improvement.

Definitions of Agile Software Development and Agility

The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles are typically referred to as the definitions of "agile" and "agility", but many other definitions exist in the literature that provide interesting source for research.

A Web Positioning System for SEMAT Essence theory of Software Engineering

SEMAT Accelerator is a web-positioning tool for a software project, which implements the Essence kernel and its elements, and enables teaching, adopting, and researching Essence in controlled experiments and case studies.