• Selection and Integration of Open Source Components - A Survey in Norwegian IT Industry 

      Kvam, Espen Alnæs (Master thesis, 2015)
      Open Source Software (OSS) has seen increased adoption in most industries over the past decades, and the open and flexible character of OSS has resulted in that it has become a viable alternative to closed software. The ...
    • Selection of Open Source Components - A Qualitative Survey in Norwegian IT Industry 

      Gerea, Marina Marinela (Master thesis, 2007)
      Empirical research is performed to verify theories, develop new theories, or extend the existing ones, and improve practice. This study is mainly used to gain understanding about the selection of OSS components with the ...
    • Software Contracting and Agile Development in the Norwegian ICT Industry: A Qualitative Survey 

      Ganes, Anders; Nævdal, Snorre (Master thesis, 2008)
      This thesis takes a closer look at how various contract models affect the ability to use agile software development, and the work being done to help improve contracts so they better facilitate agile principles. Agile ...
    • Software Defect Analysis: An Empirical Study of Causes and Costs in the Information Technology Industry 

      Kristiansen, Jan Maximilian Winther (Master thesis, 2010)
      The area of software defects is not thoroughly studied in current research, even though it is estimated to be one of the most expensive topics in industries. Hence, certain researchers characterise the lack of research as ...
    • Software Entropy in Agile Product Evolution 

      Hanssen, Geir Kjetil; Conradi, Reidar; Yamashita, Aiko Amparo Fallas; Moonen, Leon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      As agile software development principles and methods are being adopted by large software product organizations it is important to understand the role of software entropy. That is, how the maintainability of a system may ...
    • Study of Software reuse at Skattedirektoratet 

      Olsen, Line Ånderbakk; Olsen, Thor Ånderbakk (Master thesis, 2008)
      This master thesis is a case study on software reuse within a subset of systems at the Norwegian Directorate of Taxes, Skattedirektoratet (SKD). The systems chosen for our research are the GLD systems; legacy systems which ...
    • Study of the Release Process of Open Source Software: Case Study 

      Eide, Tor Erik (Master thesis, 2007)
      This report presents the results of a case study focusing on the release process of open source projects initiated with commercial motives. The purpose of the study is to gain an increased understanding of the release ...
    • System requirements-OSS components: matching and mismatch resolution practices – an empirical study 

      Ayala, Claudia; Nguyen Duc, Anh; Franch, Xavier; Höst, Martin; Conradi, Reidar; Cruzes, Daniela Soares; Ali Babar, Muhammand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Developing systems by integrating Open Source Software (OSS) is increasingly gaining importance in the software industry. Although the literature claims that this approach highly impacts Requirements Engineering (RE) ...
    • Viable Open Source for the Consultancy Industry 

      Klette, Kristian Fredrik (Master thesis, 2012)
      Open source software is growing in the market, and increasingly preferred toclosed software for the increased flexibility free software provides. As aresult of this more and more businesses are trying to enter this market ...
    • Åpen kildekode og åpne standarder i offentlig sektor i Norge 

      Overaa, Elling Strand (Master thesis, 2013)
      I denne oppgaven skal vi se på hvordan åpne standarder og åpen programvare brukes i offentlig sektor, vi skal få en oversikt over hva åpen programvare og åpne standarder innebærer og en kort oversikt over noen av de viktigste ...