Agile methods of developing software such as extreme programming (XP), are becoming
increasingly important for the rapid development of software applications. The paper …

The profitability of a software development effort is highly dependent on both timely market
entry and the reliability of the released product. To get a highly reliable product to the market …

Software security has been recognized to be an important trait for future software
development, yet the adoption of a secure software development lifecycle has yet to be fully …

The resource decisions in software project using cost models do not satisfy managerial
decision, as it does not support trade-off analysis among resources. A Bayesian net …

As eXtreme programming (XP) has grown in popularity in both academia and industry, pair
programming, two programmers collaborating on design, coding and testing, has become a …

This paper describes ethnographic observations and analysis of the performance of student
teams working on year-long software projects for industrial clients. Personality types were …

Collaboration in a software project is affected by team spirit, perceived closeness or distance
between team members, and by the effectiveness of working together. Communication style …

Software risk management process like any other process faces some threats. Ignoring such
threats may influence the efficiency of software systems. The risk mitigation process would …

Creating project plans is a key management activity. Software project managers spend a lot
of their time manually gathering data to track software project compliance to plans. This …

This is an ethnographic study of two software development teams within the same
organization, one which utilizes the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology and one which …