Xiaofeng Wang

Are Happy Developers more Productive? The Correlation of Affective States of Software Developers and their self-assessed Productivity

An empirical study on the impact of affective states on software developers’ performance while programming and the value of applying psychometrics in Software Engineering studies is demonstrated and a call to valorize the human, individualized aspects of software developers is echoed.

Affordable and Energy-Efficient Cloud Computing Clusters: The Bolzano Raspberry Pi Cloud Cluster Experiment

The ongoing work building a Raspberry Pi cluster consisting of 300 nodes is presented, with potential use cases being an inexpensive and green test bed for cloud computing research and a robust and mobile data center for operating in adverse environments.

A framework for systematic analysis of open access journals and its application in software engineering and information systems

It is shown that high article processing charges are not sufficiently justified by the publishers, which often lack transparency and may prevent authors from adopting OA.

Why Early-Stage Software Startups Fail: A Behavioral Framework

This state-of-practice investigation was performed using a literature review followed by a multiple-case study approach and presents how inconsistency between managerial strategies and execution can lead to failure by means of a behavioral framework.

Happy software developers solve problems better: psychological measurements in empirical software engineering

A study with 42 participants investigates the relationship between the affective states, creativity, and analytical problem-solving skills of software developers and offers support for the claim that happy developers are indeed better problem solvers in terms of their analytical abilities.

Software Developers, Moods, Emotions, and Performance

It's shown that software developers' happiness pays off when it comes to productivity, and it's also shown that happiness boosts productivity.

Microblogging in Open Source Software Development: The Case of Drupal and Twitter

This research examines whether and how open source communities can leverage microblogging to improve the quality of their software and increase the likelihood of adoption.

Do feelings matter? On the correlation of affects and the self‐assessed productivity in software engineering

Software engineering (SE) research needs to incorporate affect measurements to valorize human factors and to enhance management styles.

In Need of Creative Mobile Service Ideas? Forget Adults and Ask Young Children

This study shows that young children are better sources of novel and quality ideas than adults in the mobile services domain and indicates a new and valuable source for the companies that seek creative ideas for innovative products and services.

Key Challenges in Early-Stage Software Startups

The initial findings reveal that thriving in technology uncertainty and acquiring the first paying customer are among the top challenges, perceived and experienced by early-stage software startups.

Lean startup: why large software companies should care

This paper investigates why large companies should adopt Lean startup to seek for radical innovation and identifies the characteristics of internal startups and the lessons learned on practising Lean Startup inside the large software company.

Cloud computing implementation explained: A tale of two SMEs