Context: The global software industry and the software engineering (SE) academia are two
large communities. However, unfortunately, the level of joint industry-academia …

Understanding and improving education are critical goals of learning analytics. However,
learning is not always mediated or aided by a digital system that can capture digital traces …

Context: Agile software development has nowadays reached wide adoption. However,
moving agile to large‐scale contexts is a complex task with many challenges involved …

Every scientist has his and her own favorite research topics, types of studies, and research
methodology. It's natural, and it's something that is very important for all kinds of researchers …

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 …

In today's fast-paced world of rapid technological change, software development teams
need to constantly revise their work practices. Not surprisingly, regular reflection on how to …

Research collaboration between industry and academia supports improvement and
innovation in industry and helps ensure the industrial relevance of academic research …

Background: Action research is a well-established research methodology. It is following a
post-positivist research philosophy grounded in critical thinking. The methodology is driven …

In the previous chapters, we have looked at the components we foresee in Lean software
engineering and at the conceptual model how they can be combined. In this chapter we …

To determine how industry and academia approach software testing, researchers compared
the titles of presentations from selected conferences in each of the two communities. The …