Context The concept of technical debt (TD) contextualizes problems faced during software
evolution considering the tasks that are not carried out adequately during its development …

Context Develo** software in distributed development environments exhibits coordination,
control and communication challenges. Agile practices, which demand frequent …

Many large organizations are adopting agile software development as part of their
continuous push towards higher flexibility and shorter lead times, yet few reports on large …

Context A number of systematic literature reviews and map** studies (SLRs) covering
numerous primary research studies on various aspects of agile software development (ASD) …

Context With the rising complexity and scale of software systems, there is an ever-increasing
demand for sophisticated and cost-effective software testing. To meet such a demand, there …

Context Any newcomer or industrial practitioner is likely to experience difficulties in digesting
large volumes of knowledge in software testing. In an ideal world, all knowledge used in …

Earlier empirical studies have demonstrated the interest that agile methods have generated
in the software industry. Currently, lean approaches are increasingly adopted for …

The application of agile practices for requirements prioritization in distributed and
outsourced projects is a relatively recent trend. Hence, not all of its facets are well …

Context: A software product line is a means to develop a set of products in which variability
is a central phenomenon captured in variability models. The field of SPLs and variability …

Context There is extensive interest in global software development (GSD) which has led to a
large number of papers reporting on GSD. A number of systematic literature reviews (SLRs) …