CONTEXT: In this article we considered knowledge transfer (KT) in global software
development (GSD) from two perspectives, state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice, in order …

Context Since the introduction of evidence-based software engineering in 2004, systematic
literature review (SLR) has been increasingly used as a method for conducting secondary …

CONTEXT: The management of software development productivity is a key issue in software
organizations, where the major drivers are lower cost and shorter time-to-market. Agile …

Late delivery of software projects and cost overruns have been common problems in the
software industry for decades. Both problems are manifestations of deficiencies in effort …

Context: With an increase in Agile, Lean, and DevOps software methodologies over the last
years (collectively referred to as Continuous Software Development (CSD)), we have …

Context and Motivation–Developer eXperience (Dev-X) is a recent research area that
focuses on developers perceptions, feelings, and values with respect to software …

New ways of working such as globally distributed development or the integration of self-
motivated external developers into software ecosystems will require a better and more …

The size of software project teams has been considered to be a driver of project productivity.
Although there is a large literature on this, new publicly available software repositories allow …

The physical work environment of software engineers can have various effects on their
satisfaction and the ability to get the work done. To better understand the factors of the …

In this paper, we investigate agile team perceptions of factors impacting their productivity.
Within this overall goal, we also investigate which productivity concept was adopted by the …