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T. Halkjelsvik and M. Jørgensen

Time predictions: Understanding and avoiding unrealism in project planning and everyday life

In Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing. Switzerland: Springer, 2018.
Book
2018
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M. Jørgensen, T. Dybå, K. Liestøl and D. I. K. Sjøberg

Incorrect Results in Software Engineering Experiments: How to Improve Research Practices

Journal of Systems and Software 117 (2016): 274-281.
Journal Article
2016
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M. Jørgensen

The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects

Information and Software Technology 55 (2013): 1640-1650.
Journal Article
2013
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T. Halkjelsvik and M. Jørgensen

When 2 + 2 should be 5: The summation fallacy in time prediction

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 35, no. 3 (2022): e2265.
Journal Article
2022
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News

04 December 2018

Magne Jørgensen in Computerworld

Courses held

Evidence-based software engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal
Evidence-based engineering, OsloMet, Norway

 

Simula in the media

02 June 2016

Halvparten av alle norske IKT-prosjekter havner i problemer

Store prosjekter har større risiko for å mislykkes enn små prosjekter. På Sykehuset Innlandet har legene frustrert ventet på at det nye røntgen- og datasystemet Helse Sør-Øst har bestilt skal bli klart.
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Simula Research Laboratory, Magne Jørgensen
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Background

Dr. Scient. in Informatics
Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo
October 2004

Appointments

Norwegian digitisation council (Digitaliseringsrådet)
The Norwegian Governement (Regjeringen)
January 2016

Awards

Impact paper award (most influential paper)
ACM Sigsoft
November 2014

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2019

Talks, invited

M. Jørgensen

What makes software development projects successful, and what makes them fail? (and how to find out)

In Presentation at Simula Summer School, Berlin, Germany, 2019.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

Hva kjennetegner IT-utvikling som lykkes?

In Presentasjon for Skatteetaten (intern workshop), Norway, 2019.
Status: Published

Public outreach

M. Jørgensen

Forstyrrelser, avbrudd og produktivitet

Computerworld Norway, 2019.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

Usannsynlige sannsynligheter

Computerworld Norway, 2019.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

Sannsynlighetsvurderinger av kostnader

Computerworld Norway, 2019.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

I praksis riktig, men i teorien feil: Kostnadsbesparelser i team

Computerworld Norway, 2019.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

Smidig og stor - en selvmotsigelse innen IT-utvikling?

Computerworld Norway, 2019.
Status: Published
2017

Journal articles

M. Jørgensen, P. Mohagheghi and S. Grimstad

Direct and indirect connections between type of contract and software project outcome

International Journal of Project Management 35, no. 8 (2017).
Status: Published
P. Mohagheghi and M. Jørgensen

What Contributes to the Success of IT Projects? An Empirical Study of IT Projects in the Norwegian Public Sector

Journal of Software 12, no. 9 (2017): 751-758.
Status: Published
M. Mäntylä, M. Jørgensen, P. Ralph and H. Erdogmus

Guest editorial for special section on success and failure in software engineering

Empirical Software Engineering 22, no. 5 (2017).
Status: Published