Pekka Abrahamsson

Software Product Size Measurement Methods: A Systematic Mapping Study

This study presents the results of a systematic mapping study on software size estimation metrics and methods. The methods are investigated based on the entity type(s) measured by the method, size attribute type, size measure(s), and theoretical/empirical validation status of the method, and restriction with respect to...

Feature Usage as a Value Indicator for Decision Making

Software developers, moods, emotions, and performance Studies show that software developers' happiness pays off when it comes to productivity 1

Evidence is especially desirable for those who do not work in these “fun” companies, since the paradisiac environment usually described by tech giant workers turns into horror stories told by frustrated developers on a daily basis.

METAPAPER Feature Usage Explorer : Usage Monitoring and Visualization Tool in HTML 5 Based Applications

The introduction of a modelling notation, Feature Usage Diagram, which enables users to visualize feature usage information, was evaluated and showed that users find the notation easy to learn and understand, and that the tool support would make it practical to use.

Supplementary material to ”Software development in startup companies: A systematic mapping study”

Self-organized Learning in Software Factory: Experiences and Lessons Learned

A set of themes that can potentially explain self-organization from the learning viewpoint are identified, which include self-decided learning goals and personalized learning outcomes, peer teaching through active collaboration, diversity is the key and the personal attitude towards the learning matters.

Prototyping of Tangible Programming

This paper presents a meta-journey of a SIMULTANEOUS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT and DESIGN JOURNEY – REFLECTIONS on PROTOTYPING, aSIMULTANEous, multi-idisciplinary, mixed-use development and design journal, a year after its publication.

Performance Alignment Work: How software developers experience the continuous adaptation of team performance in Lean and Agile environments

This paper aims to understand how software developers experience the continuous adaptation of performance in a modern, highly volatile environment using Lean and Agile software development methodology and generates a grounded theory, Performance Alignment Work, showing howSoftware developers experience performance.

What Can Software Startuppers Learn from the Artistic Design Flow? Experiences, Reflections and Future Avenues

This paper aims contributing to this gap by studying the artistic design flow and the tools utilized by architects, industrial designers and artists, and proposes concrete ways to improve the current state-of-practice.

Perceived Effects of Pair Programming in an Industrial Context

Agile Software Development of Mobile Information Systems

The need for agile methods in the focal domain is presented, their shortcomings are identified on the basis of three large-scale case studies from industry and all of the cases deal with the development of mobile information system.

A Comparative Case Study on the Impact of Test-Driven Development on Program Design and Test Coverage

The results show that the effect of TDD on program design was not as evident as expected, but the test coverage was significantly superior to iterative test-last development.