Browsing by Author "Jaccheri, Maria Letizia"
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Achieving loose coupling in the component-based Miles software development Platform: A Proof of Concept
Linde, Erling Wegger (Master thesis, 2008)The overall aim of this Master Thesis was to achieve a long life-time for the Miles Platform by enabling loose coupling between its various components and tools. The Miles Platform is a software development platform ... -
An empirical study on female participation in software project courses
Nguyen Duc, Anh; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia; Abrahamsson, Pekka Kalevi (Journal article, 2019)Gender issues in software engineering education are gaining research attention due to the desire to promote female participation in the field. The objective of this work is to enhance the understanding of female students' ... -
Assessing Student Behavior in Computer Science Education with an fsQCA Approach: The Role of Gains and Barriers
Pappas, Ilias; Giannakos, Michail; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia; Sampson, Demetrios G (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study uses complexity theory to understand the causal patterns of factors that stimulate students’ intention to continue studies in computer science (CS). To this end, it identifies gains and barriers as essential ... -
A study of practices for domain and architecture knowledge management in a Scandinavian software company
Person, Anders (Master thesis, 2005)Knowledge management has become increasingly popular in the software industry. Knowledge is one of the software companies main asset, and large amounts of resources are being used to manage and re-use this knowledge. ... -
Blockchain and Sustainability: A Systematic Mapping Study
Lund, Eirik Harald; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia; Li, Jingyue; Cico, Orges; Bai, Xiaoying (Chapter, 2019)Sustainability is a topic of increasing interest. The United Nations has released a list of 17 goals for sustainable development for the global community. Blockchain is a recent technological innovation that shows great ... -
Coordination in Large-Scale Agile Development
Morken, Ragnar Alexander T (Master thesis, 2014)In the last decade agile software development methods has become one of themost popular topics within software engineering. Agile software developmentis well accepted in small projects among the practitioner community and ... -
Creating and evaluating an application for motivation through collective exercise
Oftedal, Ingeborg Ødegård (Master thesis, 2016)Many systems have been developed over the years with aim to motivate physical activity and behavioural change. The process is complex, and is often necessary to implement several strategies. Integrating the user's social ... -
Creating an Effective Exergame with Lasting Entertainment Value
Hagen, Kristoffer; Weie, Stian (Master thesis, 2015)There have been many efforts towards developing research prototypes for exergames, but the majority of them have been for short-term demonstration purposes. In particular, the design of those prototypes has been focused ... -
Designing and Evaluating a Tablet Application for Guitar Effect Control
Ekroll, Lars Kinn (Master thesis, 2015)The company Aalberg Audio is developing a system of audio effects aimed at guitar players, and wants a software application for tablets that can control these effects wirelessly. This study tried to determine whether ... -
Designing game-inspired mobile applications to promote physical activity for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Evensen, Ingrid; Omfjord, Jens Brandsgård (Master thesis, 2019)Motivasjon: Av verdens befolkning er det estimert at 1% lever med psykisk utviklingshemming. Studier viser at mengden fysisk aktivitet er veldig lav hos denne gruppen. Fysisk aktivitet er bevist å redusere risikoen for å ... -
Designing game-inspired mobile applications to promote physical activity for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Evensen, Ingrid; Omfjord, Jens Brandsgård (Master thesis, 2019)Motivasjon: Av verdens befolkning er det estimert at 1% lever med psykisk utviklingshemming. Studier viser at mengden fysisk aktivitet er veldig lav hos denne gruppen. Fysisk aktivitet er bevist å redusere risikoen for å ... -
Designing Mobile Software to Prevent Child Marriage
Brevik, Jostein (Master thesis, 2019)Flere enn 20 millioner barn under 18 år blir gift hvert år, til tross for globalt arbeid for å utrydde denne skikken. Nåværende trender tyder på at selv om prosentandelen ekteskap hvor barn er involvert går ned, vil den ... -
Designing Software to Prevent Child Marriage Globally
Brevik, Jostein; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia; Vidal, Juan Carlos Torrado (Chapter, 2019)Child marriage is any marriage where one or both of the participants is under the age of 18. Today, more than 12 million such marriages happen every year [11]. Giving children and the communities around them access to ... -
Detecting Gender Stereotypes in Children Digital StoryTelling
Rubegni, Elisa; Landoni, Monica; De Angeli, Antonella; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)Gender is a major variable affecting identity and life opportunities from a young age. Our research aims to explore the persistence of gender stereotypes in multimedia stories created by children with the final purpose of ... -
Developer and Customer Collaboration in Agile Software Development
Torstensen, Aleksander (Master thesis, 2015)The contribution of this thesis is an in-field verification that Agile software development projects are prone to developer and customer collaboration problems. The focus of collaboration in Agile projects is a trending ... -
Developing Virtual Humans for Cultural Awareness Training in Military and Civilian Operations
Tasdemir, Sibel Ayper (Master thesis, 2014)Virtual worlds offer a unique opportunity to perform training exercises in safe and cost-efficient environments, and have been used in many organizations, such as the military, as a method to learn to use military equipment ... -
Digital storytelling for good with Tappetina game
Gomez Escribano, Javier; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia; Maragoudakis, Manolis; Sharma, Kshitij (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Context Storytelling is an important asset in today’s society. Digital platforms for storytelling can facilitate collaborative development of stories. The storytelling process, if properly facilitated, can lead to the ... -
Discovering children's competences in coding through the analysis of Scratch projects
Papavlasopoulou, Sofia; Giannakos, Michail; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Computational thinking and coding has received considerable attention over the past several years. Considerable efforts worldwide suggest the need for more empirical studies providing evidence-based practices to introduce ... -
Documentation Practices in Open Source - A Study of Apache Derby
Mork, Håvard (Master thesis, 2006)Open source is one of the more interesting trends in software engineering today. The goal of the software engineering discipline is to increase efficiency in the development process, and maximize quality of the product. ... -
Empowering Social Innovators through Collaborative and Experiential Learning
Pappas, Ilias; Mora, Simone; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia; Mikalef, Patrick (Chapter, 2018)Educating social innovators in higher education is of great importance as many societal challenges exist. This study combines experiential learning with ICT tools to provide students with the needed competences and experiences ...