An Iterative Improvement Process for conducting SPI within individual agile project teams is proposed, which aims at increasing the ability of software developers to improve the development process based on their experiences and context knowledge.
O. Salo, P. Abrahamsson· Software Process: Improvemen...· 81 citations· ⚡5
This book constitutes the refereed research proceeding of the 14th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2007, held in Potsdam, Germany in September 2007 and contains 18 revised full papers presented.
P. Abrahamsson, N. Baddoo, T. Margaria et al.· European Conference on Softw...· 0 citations
Investigating the Software Fault Profile of Industrial Projects to Determine Process Improvement Areas: An Empirical Study and iCharts: Charts for Software Process Improvement Value Management.
P. Abrahamsson, N. Baddoo, Tiziana Margaria et al.· 2 citations
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The study shows that agile practices improve both informal and formal communication, but indicates that, in larger development situations involving multiple external stakeholders, a mismatch of adequate communication mechanisms can sometimes even hinder the communication.
M. Pikkarainen, Jukka Haikara, O. Salo et al.· Empirical Software Engineeri...· 401 citations· ⚡48
Some claim that especially in the field of agile software development the research lags years behind of the practice. In this paper, we characterize the status and main challenges for research on agile software development, and propose a preliminary roadmap, focusing on providing more empirical research, primarily on e...
Torgeir Dingsøyr, T. Dybå, P. Abrahamsson· Agile Conference· 92 citations· ⚡7
The results show that the embedded industry has been able to apply agile methods in its development processes and that the appreciation of the agile methods and their individual practices appears to increase once adopted and applied in practice.
O. Salo, P. Abrahamsson· IET Software· 238 citations· ⚡9
A comparative case study of five small scale software development projects where the effect of TDD on program design was studied using both traditional and package level metrics reveals that an unwanted side effect can be that some parts of the code may deteriorate.
Maria Siniaalto, P. Abrahamsson· Central and East European Co...· 35 citations· ⚡2
TDD has been found to improve the team confidence in the code quality and simplify significantly the software maintenance and is eager to continue improving the practice application.
A. Marchenko, P. Abrahamsson, T. Ihme· International Conference on...· 30 citations· ⚡1
AI agents can generate code at a scale that’s hard for humans to review line-by-line. PDD Kit helps ensure the code is doing what the developer intended by creating formal specifications and testing against them. It converts developer intent into a Verus specification, proves AI-generated code meets it for every input, and uses tests where proofs aren't practical. Developers review intent, not every line. The post Formally verifying agent-written full-stack web apps with PDD Kit appeared first o…
Is your company’s AI sovereign? A practical guide for CIOs on AI vendor lock-in, EU Data Act switching, cloud sovereignty, and testing your exit plan before you need it. The post Sovereignty Is the Option to Leave appeared first on GPT-Lab.
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Evaluating Microsoft Copilot at enterprise scale requires test data that captures the full complexity of real organizations, yet real enterprise data contains sensitive information that cannot be used for evaluation under any circumstances. The post From synthetic enterprise data evaluations to real Microsoft Copilot AI confidence appeared first on Microsoft Research.
Microsoft Research Blog· microsoft.comOct 29, 2026
Host Sowbhagya Suresh shares some of the latest news and cutting-edge research from across Microsoft—from understanding the challenges facing coding agents to uncovering how people use AI at work and improving extended-range weather forecasting. The post Microsoft Research Focus – Edition #97 appeared first on Microsoft Research.
