The 34 papers presented together with 2 keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected and the topics covered are evidence-based software engineering and quality assurance, agile software development, process models and SPI, processes, software as a business.
F. Bomarius, M. Oivo, Pivi Jaring et al.· International Conference on...· 3 citations
The application of agile software methods and more recently the integration of Lean practices contribute to the trend of continuous improvement in the software industry. One such area warranting proper empirical evidence is a project’s operational efficiency when using the Kanban method. This short paper takes a new an...
Marko Ikonen, Petri Kettunen, Nilay V. Oza et al.· EUROMICRO Conference on Soft...· 67 citations· ⚡9
The Software Factory of today is not intellectually following the earlier undertakings with the same name stemming back in 1980s in Japan or in the US, but represents the software development of the 2010s.
P. Abrahamsson, Petri Kettunen, Fabian Fagerholm· International Conference on...· 21 citations· ⚡1
An indicative project success model for software engineering projects is proposed and evaluated empirically in a large multinational software corporation setting, showing the model provides a valuable tool for KIBS organizations to increase their capabilities in running successful projects as well as to find targets fo...
Marko Ikonen, P. Abrahamsson· International Journal of Inn...· 6 citations
A framework is developed for software product roadmapping and results revealed that organizations view the product roadmap mainly as a tool for strategic decision making as it aims at showing the future directions of the company's products.
T. Suomalainen, O. Salo, P. Abrahamsson et al.· Journal of Systems and Softw...· 30 citations· ⚡3
In this paper, we propose a method for predicting development effort based on user stories. Such approach is well suited for Agile software projects where requirements are developed along with the project and only sketched in a rough manner. We apply the proposed method to two industrial Agile software projects of very...
P. Abrahamsson, I. Fronza, Raimund Moser et al.· International Symposium on E...· 70 citations· ⚡2
By identifying the barriers and strengths of agile deployment, the paper deepens understanding of this highly relevant but relatively under-researched phenomenon and contributes to the literature on agile deployment and software process improvement.
M. Pikkarainen, O. Salo, Raija Kuusela et al.· Empirical Software Engineeri...· 1 citation
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.
