Based on interviews with 20 developers from two case study companies that develop large-
scale software-intensive embedded systems, this paper presents twelve factors that affect
how often developers commit software to the mainline. The twelve factors are grouped into
four themes:“Activity planning and execution”,“System thinking”,“Speed” and “Confidence
through test activities”. Based on the interview results and a literature study we present the
EMFIS model, which allows companies to explicate a representation of the organization's …

Based on interviews with 20 developers from two case study companies that develop large-
scale software-intensive embedded systems, this paper presents twelve factors that affect
how often developers commit software to the mainline. The twelve factors are grouped into
four themes:“Activity planning and execution”,“System thinking”,“Speed” and “Confidence
through test activities”. Based on the interview results and a literature study we present the
EMFIS model, which allows companies to explicate a representation of the organization's …