Throughout the history of software engineering, the human aspects have repeatedly been
recognized as important. Even though research that investigates them has been growing in …

Automated software testing is a critical enabler for modern software development, where
rapid feedback on the product quality is expected. To make the testing work well, it is of high …

The software value chain is knowledge-based since it is highly dependant on people.
Consequently, a lack of practice in managing knowledge as a resource may jeopardise its …

Software engineering is a socio-technical endeavor, and while many of our contributions
focus on technical aspects, human stakeholders such as software developers are directly …

Context The recent spike in the growth of online communities is a testament to the
technological advancements of the 21st century. People with shared interests, problems …

Swarm is a storage system that provides scalable, reliable, and cost-effective data storage.
Swarm is based on storage servers, rather than file servers; the storage servers are …

Context Software testing is the key to ensuring a successful and reliable software product or
service, yet testing is often considered uninteresting work compared to design or coding. As …

In the software engineering industry today, companies primarily conduct their work in teams.
To increase organizational productivity, it is thus crucial to know the factors that affect team …

Affects—emotions and moods—have an impact on cognitive activities and the working
performance of individuals. Development tasks are undertaken through cognitive processes …

Integrating user‐centered approaches into development processes is one of the main
challenges nowadays that derives from different objectives of software engineering (SE) and …