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Acquiring and sharing tacit knowledge in software development teams: an empirical study

Ryan, Sharon; O'Connor, Rory V. (Elsevier, 2013)

Context: Sharing expert knowledge is a key process in developing software products. Since expert knowledge is mostly tacit, the acquisition and sharing of tacit knowledge along with the development of a transactive memory ...
An analysis of the software development processes of open source E-learning systems

Krishnamurthy, Aarthy; O'Connor, Rory V. (Springer-Verlag, 2013)

In recent years there has been a rapid increase in demand for e-learning systems. The software development process plays a crucial role in the design and development of a high-quality e-learning system. However, to date, ...
An approach for improving the social aspects of the software development process by using a game theoretic perspective:towards a theory of social productivity of software development teams.

Yilmaz, Murat; O'Connor, Rory V. (2011)

As software development is considered a form of knowledge based social activity, investigating social interactions and behaviors of individuals and teams constitutes a starting point for improving organizational performance ...
An approach to evaluating software process adaptation

Clarke, Paul; O'Connor, Rory V. (Springer Verlag, 2011)

Process maturity reference frameworks such as ISO/IEC 15504 and the Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) seek to assist software process improvement (SPI) efforts by prescribing a roadmap for improving the capability ...
Assessing the value of an agile coach in agile method adoption

O'Connor, Rory V.; Duckonova, Natalia (Springer, 2014)

This paper explores the value of Agile Coaching for companies adopting agile methods.in order to assist those who are adopting agile methods to decide on using or not using an Agile Coach by examining the value they ...
Bridging the gap between SPI and SMEs in educational settings: a learning tool supporting ISO/IEC 29110

Sanchez-Gordón, Mary-Luz; O'Connor, Rory V.; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Herranz, Eduardo (Springer, 2016)

The software development industry is dominated by a myriad of smaller organizations world-wide, including very small entities (VSEs), which have up to 25 people. Managing software process is a big challenge for practitioners. ...
Business success in software SMEs: recommendations for future SPI studies

Clarke, Paul; O'Connor, Rory V. (Springer, 2012)

There is presently insufficient data regarding the relationship between software process improvement (SPI) and business success, a fact which may reduce process prioritisation in software development in practice. To assist ...
A complexity theory viewpoint on the software development process and situational context

Clarke, Paul; O'Connor, Rory V.; Leavy, Brian (Association for Computing Machinery, 2017)

The research literature informs us that a software development process should be appropriate to its software development context but there is an absence of explicit guidance on how to achieve the harmonization of a development ...
A Cynefin based approach to process model tailoring and goal alignment

Lepmets, Marion; Cater-Steel, Aileen; Mesquida Calafat, Antoni Lluís; O'Connor, Rory V.; McBride, Tom (IEEE Computer Society, 2014)

In an industrial context all process models require a certain amount of tailoring to fit to the business environment of any specific organization in which the model is to be deployed. Process models should therefore be ...
Deploying a software process lifecycle standard in very small companies

O'Connor, Rory V. (IGI Global, 2014)

In the case of very small software companies, implementing management procedures, and controls to appropriately administer their software development activity is a significant challenge. With this in mind, the ISO/IEC ...
Deploying lifecycle profiles for very small entities: an early stage industry view

O'Connor, Rory V.; Laporte, Claude Y. (Springer-Verlag, 2011)

The recently published ISO/IEC 29110 standard lifecycle profiles for very small entities has at its core a management and engineering guide [1] which is targeted at very small entities (enterprises, organizations, departments ...
Developing a configuration management model for use in medical device industry

Mc Caffery, Fergal; O'Connor, Rory V.; Coleman, Gerry (2006)

This paper outlines the development of a Configuration Management model for the MEDical device software industry (CMMED). The paper details how medical device regulations associated with Configuration Management (CM) may ...
Development of a team measure for tacit knowledge in software development teams

Ryan, Sharon; O'Connor, Rory V. (Elsevier, 2009)

In this paper we operationally define and measure tacit knowledge at the team level in the software development domain. Through a series of three empirical studies we developed and validated the Team Tacit Knowledge Measure ...
The effect of team dynamics on software development process improvement

O'Connor, Rory V.; Basri, Shuib (IGI Global, 2012)

This article identifies the effect of team dynamics in the context of software development teams and its impact on software process improvement (SPI) activities in very small companies, in order to understand the ...
Effective social productivity measurements during software development: an empirical study

Yilmaz, Murat; O'Connor, Rory V.; Clarke, Paul (World Scientific Publishing, 2016)

Much of contemporary scienti c discussion regarding factors that in uence software de- velopment productivity is undertaken in various domains where there is an insu cient empirical basis for exploring socio-technical ...
An empirical examination of the extent of software process improvement in software SMEs

Clarke, Paul; O'Connor, Rory V. (Wiley_Blackwell, 2013)

Although earlier studies revealed much about software process improvement (SPI) in Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (software SMEs), no earlier research set out to determine the full extent of SPI being implemented in ...
An empirical investigation into social productivity of a software process.

Yilmaz, Murat; O'Connor, Rory V. (Springer, 2011)

The actual and expected benefits of fostering the alignment of people factors and cooperation among software development teams enables software development organization to improve software development productivity. ...
Evaluating management sentiment towards ISO/IEC 29110 in very small software development companies

O'Connor, Rory V. (Springer-Verlag, 2012)

This paper presents the results of a set of interviews with senior management in a series of very small software development companies, which were conducted to gauge their opinion, attitude and sentiment towards the ...
Exploring the impact of situational context – a case study of a software development process for a microservices architecture

O'Connor, Rory V.; Elger, Peter; Clarke, Paul (Association for Computing Machinery, 2016)

Over the decades, a variety of software development processes have been proposed, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. It is however widely accepted that there is no single process that is perfectly suited ...
Exploring the role of usability in the software process a study of Irish software SMEs

O'Connor, Rory V. (Springer, 2009)

This paper explores the software processes and usability techniques used by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that develop web applications. The significance of this research is that it looks at development processes ...

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