@inproceedings {Simula.simula.386,
	title = {A Literature Review of Agile Practices and Their Effects in Scientific Software Development},
	journal = {Proceedings of SE-CSE11},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {1-9},
	type = {Workshop},
	abstract = {The nature of scientific research and the development of scientific software have similarities with processes that follow the agile manifesto: responsiveness to change and collaboration are of the utmost importance. But how well do current scientific software development processes match the practices found in agile development methods, and what are the effects of using agile practices in such processes? In order to investigate this, we conduct a literature review, focusing on evaluating the agility present in a selection of scientific software projects. Both projects with intentionally agile practices and projects with a certain degree of agile elements are taken into consideration. In the agility assessment, we define and utilize an agile mapping chart. The elements of the mapping chart are based on Scrum and XP, thus covering two of the most prominent agile reference models. We compared the findings of the literature review to results of a previously conducted survey. The comparison indicates that scientific software development projects adopting agile practices perceive their testing to be better than average. No difference to average projects was perceived regarding requirements-related activities. Future work includes an in-depth case study to further investigate the existence and impact of agility in three large scientific software projects, ultimately aiming at a better understanding of the particularities involved in developing scientific software.},
	author = {Magnus Thorstein {Sletholt} and Jo Erskine {Hannay} and Pfahl, Dietmar and Hans Christian {Benestad} and Hans Petter {Langtangen}},
	editor = {Carver, J.}
}
@inproceedings {Simula.SE.583,
	title = {Challenges in Enterprise Software Integration: an Industrial Study Using Repertory Grids},
	journal = {Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM)},
	year = {2009},
	month = {March},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	type = {Conference},
	abstract = {To identify and systematize software practitioners{\textquoteright} perceptions of a problem is an important first step toward analyzing and searching for a solution to the problem. This paper reports on an industrial study, in which the repertory grid technique was used to elicit practitioners{\textquoteright} perceptions of key challenges in the company{\textquoteright}s software integration practices. The perceptions of a total of nine practitioners from three organizational tiers (Developer, QA Manager, Project Manager) were elicited and analyzed. We found that perceptions differ markedly between tiers, but that on some issues, there is a consensus across all tiers. The elicited information may be used to plan process improvement for integration projects in the company, and may also be used in building a general ontology for integration challenges and their solutions.},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-4842-5},
	author = {Heidi Jacobsen {Rognerud} and Jo Erskine {Hannay}},
	editor = {Carver, J.}
}
@inproceedings {Simula.SE.585,
	title = {Personality and the Nature of Collaboration in Pair Programming},
	journal = {Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM)},
	year = {2009},
	month = {March},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	type = {Conference},
	abstract = {The benefits of synergistic collaboration are at the heart of arguments in favor of pair programming. However, empirical studies usually investigate direct effects of various factors on pair programming performance without looking into the details of collaboration. This paper reports from an empirical study that (1) investigated the nature of pair programming collaboration, and (2) subsequently investigated postulated effects of personality on pair programming collaboration. Audio recordings of 44 professional programmer pairs were categorized according to a taxonomy of collaboration. We then measured postulated relationships between the collab- oration categories and the personality of the individuals in the pairs. We found evidence that personality generally af- fects the type of collaboration that occurs in pairs, and that different levels of a given personality trait between two pair members increases the amount of communication-intensive collaboration exhibited by a pair.},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-4842-5},
	author = {Walle, Thorbj{\o}rn and Jo Erskine {Hannay}},
	editor = {Carver, J.}
}
