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Xiaofeng Wang

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#computer vision Open access May 2015

How do you feel, developer? An explanatory theory of the impact of affects on programming performance

This paper conducts a qualitative interpretive study based on face-to-face open-ended interviews, in-field observations, and e-mail exchanges to construct a novel explanatory theory of the impact of affects on development performance.

D. Graziotin, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson · 63 citations · ⚡5
#machine learning Review Open access May 2016

Key Challenges in Software Startups Across Life Cycle Stages

It is found that what perceived as biggest challenges by software startups do vary across different life cycle stages, even though its significance decreases when the learning focuses of the startups move from problem to solution and their products mature.

Xiaofeng Wang, Henry Edison, Sohaib Shahid Bajwa et al. · 62 citations · ⚡6
#computer vision Open access Oct 2016

Software Startups - A Research Agenda

Software startup companies develop innovative, software-intensive products within limited timeframes and with few resources, searching for sustainable and scalable business models.

M. Unterkalmsteiner, P. Abrahamsson, Xiaofeng Wang et al. · 157 citations · ⚡17
#computer vision Conference Open access Aug 2016

Product Innovation through Internal Startup in Large Software Companies: A Case Study

A case study of a large software company was conducted to examine how a new product was developed through the internal startup effort and struggled to achieve the desired outcomes set by the management, and the conceptual framework was developed into a Lean startup-enabled new product development model for large software companies.

Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson · 11 citations · ⚡1
#machine learning Review Open access Oct 2016

“Failures” to be celebrated: an analysis of major pivots of software startups

This study conducts a case survey study based on the secondary data of the major pivots happened in 49 software startups, and demonstrates that customer need pivot is the most common among all pivot types.

Sohaib Shahid Bajwa, Xiaofeng Wang, Anh Nguyen-Duc et al. · 127 citations · ⚡15
#computer vision Open access Jun 2016

How Do Software Startups Pivot? Empirical Results from a Multiple Case Study

The initial findings show that different software startups make different types of pivots related to business and technology during their product development life cycle, which are triggered by various factors including negative customer feedback.

Sohaib Shahid Bajwa, Xiaofeng Wang, A. Duc et al. · 29 citations · ⚡4
#computer vision Book Open access Mar 2017

On the Unhappiness of Software Developers

The results indicate that software developers are a slightly happy population, but the need for limiting the unhappiness of developers remains, and 219 factors representing causes of unhappiness while developing software are identified.

D. Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang et al. · 84 citations · ⚡6
#computer vision Open access Jan 2017

Consequences of Unhappiness while Developing Software

Using qualitative data analysis of the responses given by 181 questionnaire participants, a classification scheme is identified of 49 consequences of unhappiness while doing software development that have detrimental consequences on developers' mental well-being, the software development process, and the produced artifacts.

D. Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang et al. · 60 citations · ⚡3
#computer vision Open access Jul 2017

What happens when software developers are (un)happy

Consequences of happiness and unhappiness that are beneficial and detrimental for developers' mental well-being, the software development process, and the produced artifacts are found.

D. Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang et al. · 236 citations · ⚡13
#computer vision Conference Open access Jan 2017

Unhappy Developers: Bad for Themselves, Bad for Process, and Bad for Software Product

The first results from a study exploring the consequences of the unhappy developers are presented, and it is predicted that the classification scheme identified will spawn new happiness studies linking causes and effects and can act as a guideline for developers and managers to foster happiness at work.

D. Graziotin, Fabian Fagerholm, Xiaofeng Wang et al. · 50 citations · ⚡3
#computer vision Book Open access Dec 2017

Innovation initiatives in large software companies: a systematic mapping study

This extended abstract summarises an article, which has been published in the Information and Software Technology (IST) Journal and was selected for the Journal-First presentations at the International Conference on Software and System Process (ICSSP 2018). Full Article Reference. Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, Ronald Jabangwe, and Pekka Abrahamsson. 2018. Innovation Initiatives in Large Software Companies: A Systematic Mapping Study. Information and Software Technology, 95:1--14, (March 2018) DOI:10.1016/j.infsof.2017.12.007.

Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, Ronald Jabangwe et al. · 20 citations · ⚡2

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