The static modifier is a convenient way to make class members "global" in object-oriented software systems. Given this, we wondered if static members significantly contr...
Socio-technical processes have come to the forefront of recent analysis of the open source software development (OSSD) world. Interest in making these processes explicit is mounti...
An important goal of most empirical software engineering research is the transfer of research results to industrial applications. Two important obstacles for this transfer are the...
Many critical decisions for individuals and organizations are often framed as preferential choices: the process of selecting the best option out of a set of alternatives. This pap...
This paper describes a case study where SofTrack a Software Defect Report and Tracking System - was implemented using internet technology in a geographically distributed organizat...