It is undeniable that the Agile software development (SD) framework has been commonly
used in information technology projects. However, many of the early adopters failed to …

Ensuring software quality is an important step towards a successful project. Since software
development is a human-oriented process, it is possible to say that any factor affecting …

Today's software development business is very much dynamic, and industries are changing
their software development and requirements ways to meet the new changes in the …

This research aims to know if software engineering professionals consider that social and
human factors (SHF) influence the productivity of a work team. A survey-based study was …

Context: This study compiles the evidence reported on the human aspects of software
engineering in view of providing a comprehensive catalogue of human aspects that have …

Purpose Research on agile software development (ASD) has so far primarily focused on
processes and tools. Recently, researchers have started to investigate the social dimensions …

Negative age stereotypes about older employees are present across industries and they are
particularly strong in technology-related jobs. They can hinder cooperation and team …

Software companies need to measure their productivity. Measures are useful indicators to
evaluate processes, projects, products, and people who are part of software development …

Context Due to demographic changes in most developed countries, distributed software
development (DSD) teams might suffer new barriers above and beyond the well-known …

The development of software includes multiple stakeholders since it is a multidisciplinary
collaboration. Processes in software development demonstrate many problems relating to …