Task prioritization is one of the most researched areas in software development. Given the
huge number of papers written on the topic, it might be challenging for IT practitioners …

Issue tracking systems store valuable data for testing hypotheses concerning maintenance,
building statistical prediction models and (recently) investigating developer affectiveness …

Open Source Software (OSS) is distributed and maintained collaboratively by developers all
over the world. However, frequent personnel turnover and lack of organizational …

Issue tracking systems store valuable data for testing hypotheses concerning maintenance,
building statistical prediction models and recently investigating developers" affectiveness" …

Methods for predicting issue lifetime can help software project managers to prioritize issues
and allocate resources accordingly. Previous studies on issue lifetime prediction have …

A successful software project is the result of a complex process involving, above all, people.
Developers are the key factors for the success of a software development process, not …

Background Building an effective team of developers is a complex task faced by both
software companies and open source communities. The problem of forming a “dream” team …

Estimating the effort of software engineering tasks is notoriously hard but essential for
project planning. The agile community often adopts issue reports to describe tasks, and story …

Background: Studies related to human factors in software engineering are providing
insightful information on the emotional state of contributors and the impact this has on the …

Smart contracts (SC) are software codes which reside and run over a blockchain. The code
can be written in different languages with the common purpose of implementing various …