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    Agile Methods Adoption in Large Software Development Projects
    (Ieee, 2016) Mishra, Alok
    [No Abstract Available]
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    Citation - WoS: 12
    Citation - Scopus: 16
    Teaching Parallel Computing Concepts Using Real-Life Applications
    (Tempus Publications, 2016) Yazici, Ali; Mishra, Alok; Karakaya, Ziya; Computer Engineering; Software Engineering
    The need to promote parallel computing concepts is an important issue due to a rapid advance in multi-core architectures. This paper reports experiences in teaching parallel computing concepts to computer and software engineering undergraduates. By taking a practical approach in delivering the material, students are shown to grasp the essential concepts in an effective way. This has been demonstrated by implementing small projects during the course, such as computing the sum of the terms of a geometric series using pipelines, solving linear systems by parallel iterative methods, and computing Mandelbrot set (fractal). This study shows that, it is useful to provide real-life analogies to facilitate general understanding and to motivate students in their studies as early as possible via small project implementations. The paper also describes an overall approach used to develop students' parallel computing skills and provides examples of the analogies employed in conjunction with the approach described. This approach is also assessed by collecting questionnaires and learning outcome surveys.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Sustainable Software Engineering: a Move Towards Future
    (Ieee, 2017) Mishra, Alok
    [No Abstract Available]
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 22
    Citation - Scopus: 28
    Green Information Technology Practices Among It Professionals: Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective
    (Politechnika Lubelska, 2014) Akman, Ibrahim; Akman, Kamil İbrahim; Mishra, Alok; Mıshra, Alok; Akman, Kamil İbrahim; Mıshra, Alok; Software Engineering; Software Engineering; Computer Engineering; Computer Engineering; Software Engineering; Computer Engineering
    According to the existing literature, the determinants of environmental attitudes and behavior are important. In this paper impact of information technology adoption environment has been investigated. Some of the studies have successfully utilized Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) for adoption behavior. This study proposed TPB to explain IT professionals' intentions for Green Information Technology (GIT) practices. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among IT professionals from public and private sector organizations. Core factors of TPB were included in the analysis. Overall, results revealed that the TPB model explains behavioral intent, and all four core constructs were significant predictors of the intent. Limitations of the study, and implications for theory are also discussed.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    An Empirical Study of the Dynamics of Github Repository and Its Impact on Distributed Software Development
    (Springer-verlag Berlin, 2014) Yu, Liguo; Mishra, Alok; Mishra, Deepti
    GitHub is a distributed code repository and project hosting web site. It is becoming one of the most popular web-based services to host both open-source projects and closed-source projects. In this paper, we review different kinds of version control systems and study the dynamics of GitHub, i.e., the ability and scalability of GitHub to process different requests and provide different services to different GitHub projects and GitHub users. Our study shows that GitHub could handle hundreds of thousands of requests a day for all the projects and thousands of requests for one project. This capability of GitHub makes it suitable for supporting distributed software development.
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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Cultural Issues in Distributed Software Development: a Review
    (Springer-verlag Berlin, 2014) Mishra, Alok; Mishra, Deepti
    Cultural impact is significant in global or distributed software development. Due to cultural differences, co-ordination and collaboration problems have been reported in case studies and this also leads to low quality deliverables and high turnover in software industry. This paper presents a literature review of distributed software development (DSD) or global software development (GSD) and cultural issues. The main focus is to highlight the current research, observations, as well as practice directions in these areas. Many studies have been performed in culture and global software development, still impact of culture in distributed software development in different dimensions received less attention among researchers.
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    Citation - WoS: 2
    Citation - Scopus: 8
    It Service Management (itsm) Education and Research: Global View
    (Tempus Publications, 2015) Yazici, Ali; Mishra, Alok; Kontogiorgis, Paul; Software Engineering
    This article provides an overview of Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) and investigates the education and research activities in this discipline from a global perspective. The objectives of the study are to inform the training organizations (e.g., universities, training institutes) on the current status of the educational activities in ITSM at undergraduate and graduate levels; and to guide the researchers by providing quantitative data on the research activities conducted in the field. In the educational arena, the statistical data showed that, stand-alone undergraduate/graduate programs are becoming popular among the high school graduates with elevated expectations of the market place, in addition to the appreciation of the IT service management area by the IT sector and the public. The results of the research findings provide guidelines for curriculum developers in the design and implementation of courses for the de facto interdisciplinary ITSM degree/certificate training programs and motivate and guide the researchers by providing the most recent quantitative data on the ITSM field. It is one of the first studies to provide education and research trends in ITSM area. The present study adds to this important stream of emerging research area and contributes by advancing the understanding of ITSM education and research issues. This paper advances the current state of knowledge on ITSM education and explores recent research trends in this area which is becoming standard towards providing quality IT services in enterprises.
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    Citation - WoS: 12
    Citation - Scopus: 14
    A Curriculum on Sustainable Information Communication Technology
    (Politechnika Lubelska, 2015) Ozkan, Baris; Mishra, Alok; Information Systems Engineering; Software Engineering
    Economies are increasingly becoming dependent on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and concerns over sustainability have called for the investigation of the relation between sustainability and ICT. While the majority of the studies in this field have an environmentalist focus in this regard, technical, economical and societal concerns on sustainability have arisen in the last decade. Today, more and more studies are addressing the need for the inclusion of sustainability as a design goal for ICT development and for the systems that rely on ICT. Therefore, the integration of education on sustainability in the curriculum is imperative for current and future generations of professionals to accomplish this goal. In this paper, we propose a curriculum for sustainable ICT along with the expected learning outcomes and components. The course design is based on a multi-faceted approach that embraces different viewpoints on sustainability and aims to increase students' awareness of the complex nature of sustainability.
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    Informatics Engineering Education in Turkey and Expectations of Software Industry
    (Ieee, 2018) Yazici, Ali; Mishra, Alok; Karakaya, Ziya; Ustunkok, Tolga
    In this study, using the OSYM data, the number of intakes in Informatics Engineering programs in Turkey, accreditation data and the medium of instruction of the program are summarized for the years 2016 and 2017. In addition, the software sector's expectations from the informatics engineering graduates are reassessed based on the academic studies. The developed knowledge-skill gap set was used to evaluate the situation in Turkish informatics engineering programs. Sector expectations are discussed in the context of 2017-2019 Turkey Software Sector Strategy and Action Plan prepared by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey and some proposals are made for the academia. As a result, it was observed that the expectations of the software industry were similar in all studies. Additionally, the expectations were changed in the direction of developing technologies and this change should be reflected in the informatics engineering programs.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Citation - Scopus: 1
    Statistical Usage Testing at Different Levels of Testing
    (Graz Univ Technolgoy, inst information Systems Computer Media-iicm, 2018) Kaur, Kamaldeep; Khatri, Sunil Kumar; Mishra, Alok; Datta, Rattan; Software Engineering
    Statistical Usage Testing (SUT) is the testing technique defined in Cleanroom Software Engineering model [Runeson, 93]. Cleanroom Software Engineering model is a theory based and team oriented model that is based on development and certification of software in increments using statistical quality control [Linger 96]. SUT is a black box testing technique and concentrates on how the software completes its required function from the user's perspective [Runeson, 93]. SUT is carried out by developing usage models and assigning usage probabilities. Testing is carried out on usage models by performing statistical tests which are random sequences [Trammel 95]. Statistical testing can be viewed as a statistical experiment where random test cases are selected from all the usage models [Trammel 95]. This paper demonstrates the process and benefits of applying SUT at different levels of testing. Levels of testing include Unit level, Integration level, System level and Acceptance level. SUT is generally performed at System level and Unit testing is not the part of SUT. Unit testing makes it easier to access code and debug human errors. Detecting errors at an early stage helps reducing cost and effort. The paper proposes to allow Unit testing in Cleanroom Software Engineering Model, thus making it more flexible and suitable for varied applications. Unit testing is essentially performed to ensure that the code is working correctly and meets the user specifications [istqb, 15]. Errors may also exist when modules are integrated because of interchange of data and control information between various modules. Integration testing is performed when the modules are combined together to check their behaviour and functionality after integration. Once the Integration testing phase gets successfully completed, System testing is performed on the whole system [test-institute, 15]. The paper makes use of Student record software to demonstrate the process of performing SUT at different levels. In addition to performing SUT at System level, this paper helps in understanding the advantages of applying SUT at Unit level and Integration level.