data science

Perceived Effects of Pair Programming in an Industrial Context

Agile Software Development of Mobile Information Systems

The need for agile methods in the focal domain is presented, their shortcomings are identified on the basis of three large-scale case studies from industry and all of the cases deal with the development of mobile information system.

A Comparative Case Study on the Impact of Test-Driven Development on Program Design and Test Coverage

The results show that the effect of TDD on program design was not as evident as expected, but the test coverage was significantly superior to iterative test-last development.

Perspectives on Global Software Development: special issue on PROFES 2007

The Profes conference series was established in 1999 to provide a venue for industry and academia to present and discuss the shift from model-based improvement to a product-oriented perspective in the field of software engineering and software process improvement, which includes a context-oriented understanding of the...

A Case Study on the Impact of Refactoring on Quality and Productivity in an Agile Team

Results indicate that refactoring not only increases aspects of software quality, but also improves productivity and is applicable to small teams working in similar, highly volatile domains.

‘Lots done, more to do’: the current state of agile systems development research

Agile research has lagged behind practice, as is often the case with new and emerging phenomena in Information Systems Development (ISD).

Failure Prediction using the Cox Proportional Hazard Model

Log messages are proposed to be used to predict failures running devices that read log files of running application and warns about the likely failure of the system; the prediction is based on the Cox Proportional Hazards (PH) model that has been applied successfully in various fields of research.

Making the leap to a software platform strategy: Issues and challenges

A comprehensive taxonomy of the challenges faced when a medium-scale organization decided to adopt software platforms is provided, namely: business challenges, organizational challenges, technical challenges, and people challenges.

Traverse the landscape of the mind by walking: an exploration of a new brainstorming practice

Three preliminary findings are obtained: walking can lead to an effective idea generation session; brainstorming while walking can encourage team members to participate in and contribute to the session in an equal manner; and it can help a team to maintain sustainable mental energy.

A Web-based modeling tool for the SEMAT Essence theory of Software Engineering

SEMAT Accelerator (SematAcc) is a Web-positioning tool for a software engineering endeavor, which implements the SEMAT’s Essence kernel, and permits the use of Essence, thus helping to understand it.

Foundations and Technological Landscape of Cloud Computing

This paper provides a comprehensive review on the building blocks of cloud computing and relevant technological aspects including architecture, virtualization, data management, and security issues.

Feature Usage Explorer: Usage Monitoring and Visualization Tool in HTML5 Based Applications

Feature Usage Explorer can be reused in any HTML5 based applications where an understanding of how users interact with the system is required (i.e. user experience and usability studies, human computer interaction field, or requirement prioritization area).