One of the most difficult problems that humanity currently faces is the sustainable development of our society, i.e. how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the...
Jordi Cabot, Steve M. Easterbrook, Jennifer Horkof...
We describe a certification approach for software development that has been adopted at our organization. JPL develops robotic spacecraft for the exploration of the solar system. T...
In software engineering, measurements can be used to monitor, understand and improve software processes as well as products and resource utilization. Commonly, measurement framewo...
Function Point Analysis measures user requested functionality independent of the technology used for implementation. Software applications are represented stract model that contai...
The concept of the core group of developers is important and often discussed in empirical studies of FLOSS projects. This paper examines the question, “how does one empirically ...
Kevin Crowston, Kangning Wei, Qing Li, James Howis...