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most citedSoftware engineering in start-up companies: An analysis of 88 experience reports

107 citations · 278 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

cs.SE2025

When Continuous Delivery Is Not an Option: Practical Paths to Continuous Engineering in Complex Organizations

Eriks Klotins, Magnus Ahlgren, Nicolas Martin Vivaldi +1

Purpose: Continuous Software Engineering (CSE) promises improved efficiency, quality, and responsiveness in software-intensive organizations. However, fully adopting CSE is often c…

cs.SE2025

Identifying Critical Dependencies in Large-Scale Continuous Software Engineering

Anastasiia Tkalich, Eriks Klotins, Nils Brede Moe

Continuous Software Engineering (CSE) is widely adopted in the industry, integrating practices such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). Beyond technical as…

cs.SE2024

User Feedback in Continuous Software Engineering: Revealing the State-of-Practice

Anastasiia Tkalich, Eriks Klotins, Tor Sporsem +3

Context: Organizations opt for continuous delivery of incremental updates to deal with uncertainty and minimize waste. However, applying continuous engineering (CSE) practices requ…

cs.SE2024★ 1 cited

Towards Measuring the Impact of Technical Debt on Lead Time: An Industrial Case Study

Bhuwan Paudel, Javier Gonzalez-Huerta, Ehsan Zabardast +1

Background: Software companies must balance fast value delivery with quality, a trade-off that can introduce technical debt and potentially waste developers' time. As software syst…

cs.SE2024★ 9 cited

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-…

cs.SE2023★ 72 cited

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…