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Quality Assurance in the Context of Contemporary Software Practice
Stephen G. MacDonell
We review the literature on the nature of quality assurance in the context of comnplex systems developed using iterative and incremental approaches.
What Makes Agile Software Development Agile?
Marco Kuhrmann, Paolo Tell, Regina Hebig +44
Together with many success stories, promises such as the increase in production speed and the improvement in stakeholders' collaboration have contributed to making agile a transfor…
Analyzing the Stationarity Process in Software Effort Estimation Datasets
Michael Franklin Bosu, Stephen G. MacDonell, Peter A. Whigham
Software effort estimation models are typically developed based on an underlying assumption that all data points are equally relevant to the prediction of effort for future project…
The True Role of Active Communicators: An Empirical Study of Jazz Core Developers
Sherlock A. Licorish, Stephen G. MacDonell
Context: Interest in software engineering (SE) methodologies and tools has been complemented in recent years by research efforts oriented towards understanding the human processes…
How do Globally Distributed Agile Teams Self-organise? Initial Insights from a Case Study
Sherlock A. Licorish, Stephen G. MacDonell
Agile software developers are required to self-organize, occupying various informal roles as needed in order to successfully deliver software features. However, previous research h…
Differences in Jazz Project Leaders' Competencies and Behaviors: A Preliminary Empirical Investigation
Sherlock A. Licorish, Stephen G. MacDonell
Studying the human factors that impact on software development, and assigning individuals with specific competencies and qualities to particular software roles, have been shown to…