Task prioritization is one of the most researched areas in software development. Given the
huge number of papers written on the topic, it might be challenging for IT practitioners …

Background: Modern Code Review (MCR) is a lightweight alternative to traditional code
inspections. While secondary studies on MCR exist, it is ua nknown whether the research …

Software processes comprise many steps; coding is followed by building, integration testing,
system testing, deployment, operations, among others. Software process integration and …

Context: The pull-based model, widely used in distributed software development, offers an
extremely low barrier to entry for potential contributors (anyone can submit of contributions to …

Software code review is an inspection of a code change by an independent third-party
developer in order to identify and fix defects before an integration. Effectively performing …

The pull-based development model, enabled by git and popularised by collaborative coding
platforms like Bit Bucket, Gitorius, and GitHub, is widely used in distributed software teams …

It is widely acknowledged that coordination of large scale software development is an
extremely difficult and persistent problem. Since the structure of the code mirrors the …

Enabled by the pull-based development model, developers can easily contribute to a project
through pull requests (PRs). When creating a PR, developers can add a free-form …

Code review is an effective quality assurance practice, but can be labor-intensive since
developers have to manually review the code and provide written feedback. Recently, a …

Context Several issues or defects in released software during the maintenance phase are
reported to the development team. It is costly and time-consuming for developers to …