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Analyzing tool usage to understand to what extent experts change their activities when mentoring

There is a notable difference in the way the tools are used between the experts working together and the experts mentoring the new developers that have just joined the team, and over time the difference between pairs of experts and mixed pairs working together becomes almost unnoticeable.

Software product roadmapping in a volatile business environment

A framework is developed for software product roadmapping and results revealed that organizations view the product roadmap mainly as a tool for strategic decision making as it aims at showing the future directions of the company's products.

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...

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

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.

Improving Software Developer's Competence: Is the Personal Software Process Working?

Statistical data shows that the use of PSP did not improve size and time estima- tion skills but that the productivity did not decrease and the resulting product quality was improved.