Virtual teams (ie, geographically distributed collaborations that rely on technology to
communicate and cooperate) are central to maintaining our increasingly globalized social …

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are increasingly broadly adopted in
industry. However, based on well over a dozen case studies, we have learned that …

Empirical software engineering has produced a steady stream of evidence-based results
concerning the factors that affect important outcomes such as cost, quality, and interval …

In this paper, we focus on authentication and authorization flaws in web apps that enable
partial or full access to user accounts. Specifically, we develop a novel fully automated black …

The all-important goal of delivering better software at lower cost has led to a vital, enduring
quest for ways to find and remove defects efficiently and accurately. To this end, two parallel …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of previously co-located information workers had to
work from home, a trend expected to become much more commonplace in the future. We …

In globally distributed software development, does it matter being agile rather than
structured? To answer this question, this paper presents an extensive case study that …

Context: Software projects frequently incur schedule and budget overruns. Planning and
estimation are particularly challenging in large and globally distributed agile projects. While …

Context: Software team formation is an important project management activity. However,
forming appropriate teams is a challenge for most of the companies. Objective: To analyze …

The combination of scale and distribution in software projects makes the onboarding of new
developers problematic. To the best of our knowledge, there is no research on the …