Technical Debt arises from decisions that favour short-term outcomes at the cost of longer-
term disadvantages. They may be taken knowingly or based on missing or incomplete …

Context Previous research in the Technical Debt (TD) field has mainly focused on the
technical and economic aspects, while its human aspect has received minimal attention …

Decision-making is a key software engineering skill. Developers constantly make choices
throughout the software development process, from requirements to implementation. While …

How we can enact meaningful change in computing to meet the urgent need for
sustainability and justice. The deep entanglement of information technology with our …

Context: Decision making pervades software and systems engineering. Intertemporal
decisions involve trade-offs among outcomes at different points in time. They play a central …

Despite years of research for improving accuracy, software practitioners still face software
estimation difficulties. Expert judgment has been the prevalent method used in industry, and …

Technical Debt management decisions always imply a trade-off among outcomes at different
points in time. In such intertemporal choices, distant outcomes are often valued lower than …

Background: Many decisions made in Software Engineering practices are intertemporal
choices: trade-offs in time between closer options with potential short-term benefit and future …

Wireless sensor networks have mainly been designed for information-collecting purposes,
such as habitat monitoring, product process tracing, battlefield surveillance, etc. In order to …

The estimation of software projects and tasks is a critical activity in software development
and maintenance. Ultimately, people develop and maintain software to satisfy business …