Purpose This paper aims to introduce the goal-oriented requirements extraction approach
(GOREA). It is an elicitation approach that uses, specifically, healthcare business goals to …

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 …

The research on empirical software engineering that uses qualitative data analysis is
increasing. However, most of them do not deepen into the validity of the findings, specifically …

Context: This study compiles the evidence reported on the human aspects of software
engineering in view of providing a comprehensive catalogue of human aspects that have …

How do developers shape data protection regulations when they are passed from the policy
arena to technical teams for compliance? This study explores data protection compliance …

Eliciting scalability requirements during agile software development is complicated and
poorly described in previous research. This article presents a lightweight artifact for eliciting …

A pervasive, unbroached phenomenon is how once-modern systems age into
unmaintainable albatrosses. We conceptualize this phenomenon from first-principles as …

Software startups continue to be important drivers of economy globally. As the initial
investment required to found a new software company becomes smaller and smaller …

En la actualidad, todas las organizaciones son en alguna manera “empresas de software”,
ya que la calidad de sus sistemas de información se ha convertido en uno de sus …

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 …