The findings show that speed related agile practices are used to a greater extent in comparison to quality practices, and that software startups who adopt the Lean Startup approach do not sacrifice quality for speed more than other startups do.
Jevgenija Pantiuchina, Marco Mondini, Dron Khanna et al.· International Conference on...· 84 citations· ⚡4
A strong correlation between perceived team leadership and task management and a potential association between human-oriented leading approach in low customer involvement scenarios and task-orientedLeading approach in high customer involvement situations are observed.
Anh Nguyen-Duc, Soudabeh Khodambashi, J. Gulla et al.· KKIO Software Engineering Co...· 10 citations
This study conducts a multiple case study on twenty European software startups and proposes a prototype-centric learning model in early stage software startups, and identifies factors that occur as barriers but also facilitators for prototyping in earlystage software startups.
Anh Nguyen-Duc, Xiaofeng Wang, P. Abrahamsson· International Conference on...· 44 citations· ⚡5
This study explores how software firms interact with others in OSS ecosystems from a coopetition perspective, and finds that software firms emphasize the co-creation of common value and partly react to the potential competitiveness on O SS ecosystems.
Anh Nguyen-Duc, D. Cruzes, G. Hanssen et al.· International Conference on...· 17 citations· ⚡2
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This study investigates how Lean internal startup facilitates software product innovation in large companies and identifies its enablers and inhibitors, and shows the potential of the method-in-action framework to investigate the Lean startup approach in non-startup context.
Henry Edison, Nina M. Smørsgård, Xiaofeng Wang et al.· Journal of Systems and Softw...· 78 citations· ⚡6
This work presents two board games intended to serve as an engaging introduction to growth hacking for students and helps spark interest in growth hacking among the academia.
Kai-Kristian Kemell, P. Feshchenko, Joonas Himmanen et al.· IWSiB@ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE· 9 citations· ⚡1
The results show that agile software development methods cover, without offering any rationale, different phases of the software development life-cycle and that most of these methods fail to provide adequate project management support.
P. Abrahamsson, Nilay V. Oza, M. Siponen· Agile Software Development· 62 citations· ⚡5
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) development approaches tend to start from the physical (hardware) perspective, and the software is the final element in the process. However, this approach is unfit for the more software-intensive world that is increasingly iterative, connected, and constantly online. Many constraints preve...
T. Mikkonen, Kai-Kristian Kemell, Petri Kettunen et al.· EUROMICRO Conference on Soft...· 3 citations
Containers are most often discussed in the context of cloud computing, performance and DevOps, and it is found that what is currently missing is more deeply focused research.
Mikael Koskinen, T. Mikkonen, P. Abrahamsson· International Conference on...· 15 citations· ⚡1
Internet-of-Things applications are not only the new opportunity for digital businesses but also a major driving force for the modification and creation of software systems in all industries and businesses. Compared to other types of software-intensive products, the development of Internet-of-Things applications lacks...
Anh Nguyen-Duc, K. Khalid, T. Lønnestad et al.· International Conference on...· 10 citations
Gender issues in software engineering education are gaining research attention due to the desire to promote female participation in the field. The objective of this work is to enhance the understanding of female students' participation in software engineering projects to support gender-aware course optimization. Since...
Anh Nguyen-Duc, M. L. Jaccheri, P. Abrahamsson· 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st Internati...· 9 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.