The Software Engineering Observatory

Holcombe, M. (2003). XP after Enron - Can It Survive? In the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Extreme Programming and Flexible Processes in Software Engineering (XP2003). Genova, Italy, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2675. May 25-29.

Holcombe, M., Cowling, A., & Macías, F. (2003). Towards an Agile Approach to Empirical Software Engineering. In the Proceedings of the ESEIW 2003 Workshop on Empirical Studies in Software Engineering. Roman Castles, Italy, WSESE, 37-48. September 2003. Download PDF

Holcombe, M., Gheorghe, M., & Macías, F. (2001). Teaching XP for real - some initial observations and plans. In the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Extreme Programming and Flexible Processes in Software Engineering (XP2001). Sardinia, Italy, 14 - 17. May 20-23. Download PDF

Holcombe, M., Yuan, J., & Gheorghe, M. (2003). Where do Unit Tests Come From? In the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Extreme Programming and Flexible Processes in Software Engineering (XP2003). Genova, Italy, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2675,

Karla, B., Thomson, C., & Holcombe, M. (2005). The Software Hut – A Student Experience of eXtreme Programming with Real Commercial Clients. In the Proceedings of the Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering 6th International Conference (XP 2005). Sheffield, UK, LNCS, Vol. 3556, 323-324

Karn, J. S. (2006). Empirical Software Engineering: Developer Behaviour and Preferences. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.

Karn, J. S., Cowling, A., Holcombe, M., & Syed-Abdullah, S. (2005). Adjusting to XP Observational Studies of Inexperienced Developers. In the Proceedings of the Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering: 6th International Conference, XP 2005,. Sheffield, UK, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3556, 222-226

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2004). An Initial Observational Study of the Effects of Personality Type on Software Engineering Teams. In the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Empirical Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2004). Edinburgh, 155-165. May.

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2004). An Initial Study of the Effect of Personality on Group Cohesion in Software Engineering Projects. Department of Computer Science, Research Report,CS-04-01. University of Sheffield,

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2004). A Study into the Effect of Disruptions on the Performance of Software Engineering Teams. Department of Computer Science, Research Report,CS-04-17. University of Sheffield,

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2005). A Study into the Effect of Disruptions on the Performance of Software Engineering Teams. In the Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, (ISESE 2005). Noosaheads, Australia, 417-427. Nov 17-18

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2005). A Study into the Effects of Personality Type and Methodology on Cohesion in Software Engineering Teams. The Journal of Behaviour and Information Technology, (In Press)

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2005). Using Ethnographic Methods to Carry Out Human Factors Research in Software Engineering. In the Proceedings of the Measuring Behavior. Wageningen, Holland, 505-508. Aug 30- Sep 2.

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2006). A Follow Up Study of the Effect of Disruptions on the Performance of Software Engineering Teams. In the Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, (ISESE 2006). Rio de Janeiro, (In Press). Sep. 21-22.

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2006). Using Ethnographic Methods to Carry Out Human Factors Research in Software Engineering. Journal of Behavior Research Methods, (In Press)

Karn, J. S., Cowling, A. J., Holcombe, M., Syed-Abdullah, S., & Gheorghe, M. (2005). The Positive Effect of the XP Methodology. In the Proceedings of the Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering: 6th International Conference, XP 2005 Sheffield, UK, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3556, 218-222. June 18-23.

Macías, F. (2004). Empirical Assessment of Extreme Programming. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.

Macías, F., & Holcombe, M. (2001). Experiments of an apprentice of scientist: an empirical assessment of eXtreme Programming. In the Proceedings of the 3er Encuentro Internacional de Ciencias de la Computación (ENC '01). Aguascalientes, México, 875-880. Sep 15-19. Download PDF

Macías, F., Holcombe, M., & Gheorghe, M. (2002). Empirical experiments with XP. In the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Extreme Programming and Flexible Processes in Software Engineering (XP2002). Sardinia, Italy, 225-228. May 26-30. Download PDF

Macías, F., Holcombe, M., & Gheorghe, M. (2003). Design-led & Design-less: One Experiment and Two Approaches. vol. 2675, 394-401.Download PDF

Macías, F., Holcombe, M., & Gheorghe, M. (2003). A Formal Experiment Comparing Extreme Programming with Traditional Software Construction. In the Proceedings of the Fourth Mexican International Conference on Computer Science (ENC 2003). Tlaxcala, México, 73-80. Sep. 8-12, 2003. Download PDF

Syed-Abdullah, S., Holcombe, M., & Gheorge, M. (2006). The Impact of an Agile Methodology on the Well Being of Development Teams. Empirical Software Engineering, 11(1), 143-167.Download PDF

Thomson, C. (2004). The Sourcerer's apprentice (PCHE assignment 1, SOLAR). Sheffield: University of Sheffield. http://www.shef.ac.uk/stdu/solar

Thomson, C. (2005). Professionalism in the first year of a software engineering curriculum (PCHE assignment 2, SOLAR). Sheffield: University of Sheffield. http://www.shef.ac.uk/stdu/solar

Thomson, C., & Holcombe, M. (2003). Applying XP Ideas Formally: The Story Card and Extreme X-Machines. In the Proceedings of the 1st South-East European Workshop on Formal Methods. Thessaloniki, Greece,, South-East European Research Centre, 57-71

Thomson, C., & Holcombe, M. (2005). Using a formal method to model software design in XP projects. In the Proceedings of the 2nd South-East European Workshop on Formal Methods. Ohrid, FYR of Macedonia, AMCT, Vol. 1 (3), Download PDF

Karn, JS, Syed-Abdullah, S, Cowling, AJ, & Holcombe M. (2007) A study into the effects of personality type and methodology on cohesion in software engineering teams. Behaviour & Information Technology, 26(2), 99-111.

Holcombe, M & Thomson, C. (2008). Seven years of XP-50 customers, 100 projects and 500 programmers - Lessons learnt and ideas for improvement. 9th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming , June 10-14, 2008 Limerick Ireland. Agile processes in software engineering and extreme programming, Proceedings V.9, 104-113.

Huang, L, Thomson, C & Holcombe, M (2007). How good are your testers? An assessment of testing ability.in Proceedings, Testing - Academic and Industrial Conference - Practice and Research Techniques, TAIC PART 2007 , 82-86, Sep 12-14, 2007 Windsor, England.

Karn, JS & Cowling, AJ. (2008). Measuring the effect of conflict on software engineering teams. Behavior Research Methods, 40(2), 582-589.

Karn, JS & Cowling, AJ.(2006) Using ethnographic methods to carry out human factors research in software engineering. 5th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral Reseach, Aug 30-Sep 02, 2005. Behavior Research Methods 38(3), 495-503

Huang, L & Holcombe, M. (2009) Empirical investigation towards the effectiveness of Test First programming, Information and Software Technology, 51 (1), 182-194.

Josephs, MB, Jones, C, Jackson, M, & Holcombe M et al. (2007) Discussion on the ideal of program - Correctness By Tony Hoare. Computer Journal, 50(3), 261-268

Thomson, C., & Holcombe, M. (2003). Applying XP Ideas Formally: The Story Card and Extreme X-Machines. In the Proceedings of the 1st South-East European Workshop on Formal Methods. Thessaloniki, Greece,, South-East European Research Centre, 57-71

Thomson, C., & Holcombe, M. (2005). Using a formal method to model software design in XP projects. In the Proceedings of the 2nd South-East European Workshop on Formal Methods. Ohrid, FYR of Macedonia, AMCT, Vol. 1 (3)

Karn, J. S., & Cowling, A. J. (2006). A Follow Up Study of the Effect of Disruptions on the Performance of Software Engineering Teams. In the Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, (ISESE 2006). Rio de Janeiro. Sep. 21-22.

M. Holcombe (2008). Running an Agile software de elopement project, J. Wiley, 310 pp