The initial findings reveal that thriving in technology uncertainty and acquiring the first paying customer are among the top challenges, perceived and experienced by early-stage software startups.
Carmine Giardino, Sohaib Shahid Bajwa, Xiaofeng Wang et al.· International Conference on...· 144 citations· ⚡15
This paper investigates why large companies should adopt Lean startup to seek for radical innovation and identifies the characteristics of internal startups and the lessons learned on practising Lean Startup inside the large software company.
Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson· XP Workshops· 35 citations· ⚡4
Over the course of three days, scientists and practitioners from the software production domain are brought together and the meeting of different subcommunities leads to the creation of a joint research agenda for the further development of the field.
P. Abrahamsson, A. Maedche· 1 citation
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The preliminary results show that the practitioners more often focus on interaction between product and user and view UX from design perspective predominantly, while the economical perspective receives little attention in literature, it is evident in practitioners writings.
Stefan Hellweger, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson· arXiv.org· 5 citations
The results show that the proposed conceptual model can capture innovation generation activities and the non-linear evolution of engineering activities in software startups, which is not presentable in current software life cycle models.
Anh Nguyen-Duc, P. Seppänen, P. Abrahamsson· International Conference on...· 53 citations
A model of factors that are desirable to be found in a JSF and a representation of the decision makers involved in the frameworks selection is offered, which contributes to the body of knowledge related to the decision-making process when selecting aJSF.
Amantia Pano, D. Graziotin, P. Abrahamsson· arXiv.org· 7 citations· ⚡1
This publication proposes a definition and a classification of agile software development approaches and analyses ten software development methods that can be characterized as being "agile" against the defined criterion.
P. Abrahamsson, O. Salo, Jussi Ronkainen et al.· arXiv.org· 727 citations· ⚡54
The preliminary finding results in a list of 17 security challenges with regards to technical, organizational and methodological perspectives, which provides initial explanation about the less emphasis on methodological and organizational security concerns in cases.
Anh Nguyen-Duc, Ronald Jabangwe, P. Paul et al.· XP Workshops· 45 citations· ⚡2
It is found that agile development is known to hardware entrepreneurs, however it is limitedly adopted, and four categories of tactics are found that enable hardware startups agile in their early stage business and product development.
Anh Nguyen-Duc, Xiaofang Weng, P. Abrahamsson· International Symposium on E...· 13 citations
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.
Microsoft Research Blog· microsoft.comOct 30, 2026
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.