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Understanding Undesirable Attributes of Requirements Engineers: Insights from Practitioners
Larissa Barbosa, Sávio Freire, Marcos Kalinowski +4
Context. The characteristics of software professionals have been widely investigated in the literature. However, limited attention has been given to undesirable attributes in Requi…
Prompt Engineering Strategies for LLM-based Qualitative Coding of Psychological Safety in Software Engineering Communities: A Controlled Empirical Study
Moaath Alshaikh, Tasneem Alshaher, Ricardo Vieira +7
Qualitative analysis plays a pivotal role in understanding the human and social aspects of software engineering. However, it remains a demanding process shaped by the subjective in…
What Characterizes a Software Leader? Identifying Leadership Practices from Practitioners Social Media
Murilo Coelho, Denivan Campos, Mariana Maia Bezerra +3
Context: Leadership has been extensively studied in management and agile software development; however, prior research predominantly focuses on formal roles and predefined leadersh…
A Survey on Large Language Model Impact on Software Evolvability and Maintainability: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Remedy
Bruno Claudino Matias, Savio Freire, Juliana Freitas +3
Context. Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded in software engineering workflows for tasks including code generation, summarization, repair, and testing. Empirical…
Psychological safety in software workplaces: A systematic literature review
Beatriz Santana, Lidivânio Monte, Bianca Santana de Araújo Silva +4
Context: Psychological safety (PS) is an important factor influencing team well-being and performance, particularly in collaborative and dynamic domains such as software developmen…
Exploring Empathy in Software Engineering: Insights from a Grey Literature Analysis of Practitioners' Perspectives
Lidiany Cerqueira, João Pedro Bastos, Danilo Neves +5
Context. Empathy, a key social skill, is essential for communication and collaboration in SE but remains an under-researched topic. Aims. This study investigates empathy in SE from…
Attributes of a Great Requirements Engineer
Larissa Barbosa, Sávio Freire, Rita S. P. Maciel +4
[Context and Motivation] Several studies have investigated attributes of great software practitioners. However, the investigation of such attributes is still missing in Requirement…
Investigating the use of Snowballing on Gray Literature Reviews
Felipe Gomes, Thiago Mendes, Sávio Freire +2
Background: The use of gray literature (GL) has grown in software engineering research, especially in studies that consider Questions and Answers (Q&A) sites, since software develo…
Software Fairness Debt
Ronnie de Souza Santos, Felipe Fronchetti, Savio Freire +1
As software systems continue to play a significant role in modern society, ensuring their fairness has become a critical concern in software engineering. Motivated by this scenario…
Prevalence, Common Causes and Effects of Technical Debt: Results from a Family of Surveys with the IT Industry
Robert Ramač, Vladimir Mandić, Nebojša Taušan +10
The technical debt (TD) metaphor describes actions made during various stages of software development that lead to a more costly future regarding system maintenance and evolution.…