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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement

20th International Conference, PROFES 2019, Barcelona, Spain, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 11915)

Part of the book sub series: Programming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)

Conference series link(s): PROFES: International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement

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Table of contents (57 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Testing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. An Empirical Assessment on Affective Reactions of Novice Developers When Applying Test-Driven Development

      • Simone Romano, Davide Fucci, Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Danilo Caivano, Giuseppe Scanniello
      Pages 3-19
    3. Applying Surveys and Interviews in Software Test Tool Evaluation

      • Päivi Raulamo-Jurvanen, Simo Hosio, Mika V. Mäntylä
      Pages 20-36
    4. Test-Case Quality – Understanding Practitioners’ Perspectives

      • Huynh Khanh Vi Tran, Nauman Bin Ali, Jürgen Börstler, Michael Unterkalmsteiner
      Pages 37-52
    5. Test Reporting at a Large-Scale Austrian Logistics Organization: Lessons Learned and Improvement

      • Dietmar Winkler, Kristof Meixner, Daniel Lehner, Stefan Biffl
      Pages 53-69
  3. Software Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
    2. Establishing a User-Centered Design Process for Human-Machine Interfaces: Threats to Success

      • Mario Winterer, Christian Salomon, Georg Buchgeher, Martin Zehethofer, Alexandra Derntl
      Pages 89-102
    3. Combining GQM+Strategies and OKR - Preliminary Results from a Participative Case Study in Industry

      • Bianca Trinkenreich, Gleison Santos, Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Tayana Conte
      Pages 103-111
    4. Software Development Practices and Frameworks Used in Spain and Costa Rica: A Survey and Comparative Analysis

      • Ignacio Díaz-Oreiro, David Chaves, Brenda Aymerich, Julio C. Guzmán, Gustavo López, Marcela Genero et al.
      Pages 112-119
    5. Does the Migration of Cross-Platform Apps Towards the Android Platform Matter? An Approach and a User Study

      • Maria Caulo, Rita Francese, Giuseppe Scanniello, Antonio Spera
      Pages 120-136
    6. Software Knowledge Representation to Understand Software Systems

      • Victoria Torres, Miriam Gil, Vicente Pelechano
      Pages 137-144
    7. When NFR Templates Pay Back? A Study on Evolution of Catalog of NFR Templates

      • Sylwia Kopczyńska, Jerzy Nawrocki, Mirosław Ochodek
      Pages 145-160
    8. Improving Quality of Data Exchange Files. An Industrial Case Study

      • Günter Fleck, Michael Moser, Josef Pichler
      Pages 161-175
    9. Containers in Software Development: A Systematic Mapping Study

      • Mikael Koskinen, Tommi Mikkonen, Pekka Abrahamsson
      Pages 176-191
  4. Technical Debt

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
    2. Technical Debt and Waste in Non-functional Requirements Documentation: An Exploratory Study

      • Gabriela Robiolo, Ezequiel Scott, Santiago Matalonga, Michael Felderer
      Pages 220-235

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2019, held in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2019.

The 24 revised full papers 4 industry papers, and 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers cover a broad range of topics related to professional software development and process improvement driven by product and service quality needs. They are organized in topical sections on testing, software development, technical debt, estimations, continuous delivery, agile, project management, microservices, and continuous experimentation. This book also includes papers from the co-located events: 10 project papers, 8 workshop papers, and 4 tutorial summaries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Franch

  • University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Tomi Männistö

  • Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Silverio Martínez-Fernández

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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