Pekka Abrahamsson

C A L L F O R P A P E R S IWSM 2010

Unique infrastructure investment: Introducing the software factory concept

Operationalizing the Concept of Success in Software Engineering Projects

An indicative project success model for software engineering projects is proposed and evaluated empirically in a large multinational software corporation setting, showing the model provides a valuable tool for KIBS organizations to increase their capabilities in running successful projects as well as to find targets fo...

Analyzing tool usage to understand to what extent experts change their activities when mentoring

There is a notable difference in the way the tools are used between the experts working together and the experts mentoring the new developers that have just joined the team, and over time the difference between pairs of experts and mixed pairs working together becomes almost unnoticeable.

Software product roadmapping in a volatile business environment

A framework is developed for software product roadmapping and results revealed that organizations view the product roadmap mainly as a tool for strategic decision making as it aims at showing the future directions of the company's products.

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Agile methods rapidly replacing traditional methods at Nokia: A survey of opinions on agile transformation

The perception of the impact of agile methods is predominantly positive, and several challenge areas were discovered, but based on this study, agile methods are here to stay.

Predicting Development Effort from User Stories

In this paper, we propose a method for predicting development effort based on user stories. Such approach is well suited for Agile software projects where requirements are developed along with the project and only sketched in a rough manner. We apply the proposed method to two industrial Agile software projects of very...

Strengths and barriers behind the successful agile deployment—insights from the three software intensive companies in Finland

By identifying the barriers and strengths of agile deployment, the paper deepens understanding of this highly relevant but relatively under-researched phenomenon and contributes to the literature on agile deployment and software process improvement.

On the Impact of Kanban on Software Project Work: An Empirical Case Study Investigation

Engineering & Information Technology

RING proposes a ring overlay, a set of protocols, and an implementation enabling the delivery voice among peers without connecting to Internet, and is demonstrated that RING is workable via the mathematical theory and a series of experiences.

The Impact of Aective States on Skills and Productivity in Software Development

This study proposes a linear mixed effects models that estimates the productivity of software developers by measuring their affective states related to the task they perform and finds significant evidence that software developers feeling positive affectiveStates also possess higher problem solving skills.