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The Dynamics of Creativity in Software Development
Software is primarily developed for people by people and human factors must
be studied in all software engineering phases. Creativity is the source to
improvise solutions to problems for dominating complex systems such as software
development. However, there is a lack of knowledge in what creativity is in
software development and what its dynamics are. This study describes the
current state of the research plan towards a theory on creativity in software
development. More specifically, it (1) states the motivation for studying
creativity in software development under a multidisciplinary view; it (2)
provides a first review of the literature identifying the shortcomings in the
field; it (3) proposes a research design, which includes rarely employed
methods in software engineering. To understand creativity in software
development will provide a better knowledge of the software construction
process and how individuals intellectually contribute to the creation of
better, innovative products.Comment: 6 Pages. To be presented in the 14th International Conference on
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2013) - Doctoral
Symposium, 12 June 2013, Paphos, Cyprus. This is the final, accepted version
(after peer review
Q-Rapids: Quality-Aware Rapid Software Development: an H2020 Project
This work reports the objectives, current state, and outcomes of the Q-Rapids H2020 project. Q-Rapids (Quality-Aware Rapid Software Development) proposes a data-driven approach to the production of software following very short development cycles. The focus of Q-Rapids is on quality aspects, represented through quality requirements. The Q-Rapids platform, which is the tangible software asset emerging from the project, mines software repositories and usage logs to identify candidate quality requirements that may ameliorate the values of strategic indicators like product quality, time to market or team productivity. Four companies are providing use cases to evaluate the platform and associated processes.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Safety-Critical Systems and Agile Development: A Mapping Study
In the last decades, agile methods had a huge impact on how software is
developed. In many cases, this has led to significant benefits, such as quality
and speed of software deliveries to customers. However, safety-critical systems
have widely been dismissed from benefiting from agile methods. Products that
include safety critical aspects are therefore faced with a situation in which
the development of safety-critical parts can significantly limit the potential
speed-up through agile methods, for the full product, but also in the
non-safety critical parts. For such products, the ability to develop
safety-critical software in an agile way will generate a competitive advantage.
In order to enable future research in this important area, we present in this
paper a mapping of the current state of practice based on {a mixed method
approach}. Starting from a workshop with experts from six large Swedish product
development companies we develop a lens for our analysis. We then present a
systematic mapping study on safety-critical systems and agile development
through this lens in order to map potential benefits, challenges, and solution
candidates for guiding future research.Comment: Accepted at Euromicro Conf. on Software Engineering and Advanced
Applications 2018, Prague, Czech Republi
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