Grounded theory in software engineering research: a critical review and guidelines

KJ Stol, P Ralph, B Fitzgerald - … of the 38th International conference on …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Grounded Theory (GT) has proved an extremely useful research approach in several fields
including medical sociology, nursing, education and management theory. However, GT is a …

The role of communication in agile systems development: An analysis of the state of the art

M Hummel, C Rosenkranz, R Holten - Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2013 - Springer
Agile systems development (SD) is described as a cooperative game of invention and
communication, in which teams are characterized by relying heavily on informal …

A study of human resource digital transformation (HRDT): A phenomenon of innovation capability led by digital and individual factors

A Bansal, T Panchal, F Jabeen, SK Mangla… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surviving in a digitally disrupted world required organizations to continuously innovate and
digitally transform their work practices, especially HR processes. Scholarly failure to define …

The ABC of software engineering research

KJ Stol, B Fitzgerald - ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
A variety of research methods and techniques are available to SE researchers, and while
several overviews exist, there is consistency neither in the research methods covered nor in …

Socio-technical grounded theory for software engineering

R Hoda - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Grounded Theory (GT), a sociological research method designed to study social
phenomena, is increasingly being used to investigate the human and social aspects of …

[图书][B] Grounded theory: A practical guide

M Birks, J Mills - 2015 - books.google.com
This highly practical book introduces the whole range of grounded theory approaches,
providing a comprehensive description of the strategies and techniques employed in this …

Adopting DevOps in the real world: A theory, a model, and a case study

WP Luz, G Pinto, R Bonifácio - Journal of Systems and Software, 2019 - Elsevier
DevOps is a set of practices and cultural values that aims to reduce the barriers between
development and operations teams. Due to its increasing interest and imprecise definitions …

Real challenges in mobile app development

ME Joorabchi, A Mesbah… - 2013 ACM/IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Context: Mobile app development is a relatively new phenomenon that is increasing rapidly
due to the ubiquity and popularity of smartphones among end-users. Objective: The goal of …

[图书][B] Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches

JW Creswell, CN Poth - 2016 - books.google.com
In the revised Fourth Edition of the best-selling text, John W. Creswell and new co-author
Cheryl N. Poth explore the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of five …

Using grounded theory to study the experience of software development

S Adolph, W Hall, P Kruchten - Empirical Software Engineering, 2011 - Springer
Grounded Theory is a research method that generates theory from data and is useful for
understanding how people resolve problems that are of concern to them. Although the …