To clarify the relation between controllable attributes of a software development and its productivity, this paper experimentally analyzed a software project repository (SEC repos...
Agile methods have evolved as a bottom-up approach to software development. However, as the software in embedded products is only one part of development projects, agile methods mu...
The possible variability of project delay is useful information to understand and mitigate the project delay risk. However, it is not sufficiently considered in the literature con...
Makoto Nonaka, Liming Zhu, Muhammad Ali Babar, Mar...
The cost of a Software Product Line (SPL) development project sometimes exceeds the initially planned cost, because of requirements volatility and poor quality. In this paper, we p...
Makoto Nonaka, Liming Zhu, Muhammad Ali Babar, Mar...
Software firms are increasingly distributing their software development effort across multiple locations. In this paper we present the results of a two year field study that inves...