279 citations · 641 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for
22 papers · 1 filter
From Early Adoption to Sustained Use: Understanding GenAI Usage Among Software Developers in Italian SMEs
Fabio Calefato, Alexandra Pajonk, Victoria Jackson +3
Generative AI tools are rapidly transforming software development practice, prompting unprecedented research interest. However, existing studies have predominantly examined initial…
ChatGPT: Friend or Foe When Comprehending and Changing Unfamiliar Code
Norman Anderson, Tarek Alakmeh, Victoria Jackson +7
A rapidly growing body of research is examining how LLMs influence developers when they code. To date, this research has tended to focus on productivity and code quality outcomes,…
Exploring Creativity in Human-Human-LLM Collaborative Software Design
Victoria Jackson, Grischa Liebel, Rafael Prikladnicki +1
While the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in programming has been extensively studied, there is limited understanding of how LLMs support collaborative work where creativity pl…
The Role of LLMs in Collaborative Software Design
Victoria Jackson, Yoonha Cha, Rafael Prikladnicki +1
While much prior work examines Large Language Models (LLMs) for solo development tasks (e.g., coding), far less is known about how LLMs shape collaborative group work in software e…
Who "Controls" Where Work Shall be Done? State-of-Practice in Post-Pandemic Remote Work Regulation
Darja Smite, Nils Brede Moe, Maria Teresa Baldassarre +8
The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently altered workplace structures, making remote work a widespread practice. While many employees advocate for flexibility, many employers reconsid…
Creative Problem-Solving: A Study with Blind and Low Vision Software Professionals
Karina Kohl, Yoonha Cha, Victoria Jackson +3
Background: Software engineering requires both technical skills and creative problem-solving. Blind and low-vision software professionals (BLVSPs) encounter numerous workplace chal…
The Dilemma of Building Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Solutions for Workplace Accessibility
Yoonha Cha, Victoria Jackson, Karina Kohl +3
Existing commercial and in-house software development tools are often inaccessible to Blind and Low Vision Software Professionals (BLVSPs), hindering their participation and career…
Please do not go: understanding turnover of software engineers from different perspectives
Michelle Larissa Luciano Carvalho, Paulo da Silva Cruz, Eduardo Santana de Almeida +2
Turnover consists of moving into and out of professional employees in the company in a given period. Such a phenomenon significantly impacts the software industry since it generate…
Creativity, Generative AI, and Software Development: A Research Agenda
Victoria Jackson, Bogdan Vasilescu, Daniel Russo +7
Creativity has always been considered a major differentiator to separate the good from the great, and we believe the importance of creativity for software development will only inc…
Making Software Development More Diverse and Inclusive: Key Themes, Challenges, and Future Directions
Sonja M. Hyrynsalmi, Sebastian Baltes, Chris Brown +7
Introduction: Digital products increasingly reshape industries, influencing human behavior and decision-making. However, the software development teams developing these systems oft…
Use of Agile Practices in Start-ups
Eriks Klotins, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Panagiota Chatzipetrou +4
Context Software start-ups have shown their ability to develop and launch innovative software products and services. Small, motivated teams and uncertain project scope makes start-…
A Progression Model of Software Engineering Goals, Challenges, and Practices in Start-Ups
Eriks Klotins, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Panagiota Chatzipetrou +4
Context: Software start-ups are emerging as suppliers of innovation and software-intensive products. However, traditional software engineering practices are not evaluated in the co…
Exploration of technical debt in start-ups
Eriks Klotins, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Panagiota Chatzipetrou +4
Context: Software start-ups are young companies aiming to build and market software-intensive products fast with little resources. Aiming to accelerate time-to-market, start-ups of…
Co-designing for a Hybrid Workplace Experience in Software Development
Zhendong Wang, Yi-Hung Chou, Kayla Fathi +4
With increasing demands for flexible work models, many IT organizations have adapted to hybrid work that promises enhanced team productivity as well as work satisfaction. To achiev…
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…
Challenges Women in Software Engineering Leadership Roles Face: A Qualitative Study
Karina Kohl, Rafael Prikladnicki
Software engineering is not only about technical solutions. To a large extent, it is also concerned with organizational issues, project management, and human behavior. There are se…
Catching up with Method and Process Practice: An Industry-Informed Baseline for Researchers
Jil Klünder, Regina Hebig, Paolo Tell +18
Software development methods are usually not applied by the book. Companies are under pressure to continuously deploy software products that meet market needs and stakeholders' req…
Multitasking Across Industry Projects: A Replication Study
Karina Kohl, Bogdan Vasilescu, Rafael Prikladnicki
Background: Multitasking is usual in software development. It is the ability to stop working on a task, switch to another, and return eventually to the first one, as needed or as s…
Status Quo in Requirements Engineering: A Theory and a Global Family of Surveys
Stefan Wagner, Daniel Méndez Fernández, Michael Felderer +20
Requirements Engineering (RE) has established itself as a software engineering discipline during the past decades. While researchers have been investigating the RE discipline with…
Preventing Incomplete/Hidden Requirements: Reflections on Survey Data from Austria and Brazil
M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer, T. Conte +5
Many software projects fail due to problems in requirements engineering (RE). The goal of this paper is analyzing a specific and relevant RE problem in detail: incomplete/hidden re…
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: Comparing Practices in Brazil and Germany
Daniel Méndez Fernández, Stefan Wagner, Marcos Kalinowski +5
As part of the Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering (NaPiRE) initiative, researchers compared problems that companies in Brazil and Germany encountered during requirements e…
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: Contemporary Problems, Causes, and Effects in Practice
D. Méndez Fernández, S. Wagner, M. Kalinowski +20
Requirements Engineering (RE) has received much attention in research and practice due to its importance to software project success. Its interdisciplinary nature, the dependency t…