no code implementations • 29 Jan 2021 • Jim Buchan, Ling Li, Stephen G. MacDonell
This report describes the experiences of one organization's adoption of Test Driven Development (TDD) practices as part of a medium-term software project employing Extreme Programming as a methodology.
Software Engineering
no code implementations • 29 Jan 2021 • Tony Clear, Stephen G. MacDonell
Objective: Our focus in this paper is on the conduct of research in the context of global software activities, particularly as applied to the actions and interactions of global virtual teams.
Software Engineering
no code implementations • 29 Jan 2021 • Georgia Frantzeskou, Stephen G. MacDonell, Efstathios Stamatatos, Stelios Georgiou, Stefanos Gritzalis
The results show that, although identifiers when examined as a whole do not seem to reflect program authorship for these data sets, when examined separately there is evidence that class names do signal the author of the program.
Software Engineering
no code implementations • 29 Jan 2021 • Jil Klünder, Regina Hebig, Paolo Tell, Marco Kuhrmann, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende, Rogardt Heldal, Stephan Krusche, Masud Fazal-Baqaie, Michael Felderer, Marcela Fabiana Genero Bocco, Steffen Küpper, Sherlock A. Licorish, Gustavo Lòpez, Fergal McCaffery, Özden Özcan Top, Christian R. Prause, Rafael Prikladnicki, Eray Tüzün, Dietmar Pfahl, Kurt Schneider, Stephen G. MacDonell
Our results show that 76. 8% of the companies implement hybrid methods.
Software Engineering
no code implementations • 21 Jan 2021 • Marco Kuhrmann, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende, Rolf-Helge Pfeiffer, Paolo Tell, Jil Klünder, Tayana Conte, Stephen G. MacDonell, Regina Hebig
Due to the omnipresence of software in a digitalized society, higher education institutions (HEIs) have to educate the students such that they learn how to learn, and that they are equipped with a profound basic knowledge and with latest knowledge about modern software and system development.
Software Engineering
no code implementations • 21 Jan 2021 • Laurie McLeod, Stephen G. MacDonell, Bill Doolin
This paper reports the use of a qualitative methodology for conducting longitudinal case study research on software development.
Software Engineering
no code implementations • 21 Jan 2021 • Laurie McLeod, Stephen G. MacDonell
Determining the factors that have an influence on software systems development and deployment project outcomes has been the focus of extensive and ongoing research for more than 30 years.
Software Engineering