<span lang="EN-US">The combination of scrum and waterfall is one the software engineering teams that preferred hybrid agile models. The purpose combining two models to leverage advantages each also tailor model needs project. However, what extent are phases, stages, features implemented in a project remains unclear. Additionally, which phase will employ scrum, when be deemed optimal arisi...

This study is based on the Structured Process Model formalism previously proposed by the same authors, and describes some techniques for scheduling an execution plan which conforms to the chosen process but adapts to all the potential changes of value of specific variables of the project. The executive plan is generated by means of Incremental Refinements. Each increment is the consequence of o...

In this study we seek to understand the factors differentiating successful from unsuccessful software projects. This article develops and tests a model measuring the impact on software project performance of (1) software products’ design architectures and (2) developers’ positions within collaborative networks. Two indicators of project success are used: product quality and project velocity. Tw...

The Software Engineering & Visualisation Group (SEVG) covers a wide range of research topics which have a common theme of understanding complexity. Further information about the group is available at http://www.cosc. canterbury.ac.nz/research/RG/svg. Software systems are too large and complex to be able to be understood in complete detail by individual developers. Consequently, we need abstract...

In software engineering education, large projects are widely recognized as a useful way of exposing students to the real-world difficulties of team software development. But large projects are difficult to put into practice. First, educators rarely have additional time to manage software projects. Second, classrooms have inherent limitations that threaten the realism of large projects. Third, q...

Multicentre randomised trials are complex projects with many operational uncertainties. The embedding of a formal check upon study progress and viability at a pre-specified time point (sometimes referred to as an 'internal pilot') is becoming increasingly common within multicentre pragmatic randomised trials. However, it is worth considering this practice. We argue that most, if not all, multic...

Free software and open source projects are often perceived to be of high quality. It has been suggested that the high level of quality found in some free software projects is related to the open development model which promotes peer review. While the quality of some free software projects is comparable to, if not better than, that of closed source software, not all free software projects are su...

This European Projects Track is aimed to create an opportunity for researchers to disseminate objectives, deliverables or outcomes of European projects they are involved in, within the field of software maintenance and reengineering. This track does also enable CSMR attendees to get a better overview of research projects that are carried out in Europe. This article introduces the three projects...

We present a scheduling model which is tailored to the dynamics of software projects. In the model, activity times are stochastic, resources are constrained and non-identical, and scheduling is preemptive. As opposed to other stochastic project scheduling models, the completion time of an activity explicitly depends on the amount of feedback received from concurrent activities. As a consequence...