User profiles for R. Spinola
 | Rodrigo SpínolaAssociate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University Verified email at vcu.edu Cited by 3319 |
Identification and management of technical debt: A systematic mapping study
Context The technical debt metaphor describes the effect of immature artifacts on software
maintenance that bring a short-term benefit to the project in terms of increased productivity …
maintenance that bring a short-term benefit to the project in terms of increased productivity …
A tertiary study on technical debt: Types, management strategies, research trends, and base information for practitioners
Context The concept of technical debt (TD) contextualizes problems faced during software
evolution considering the tasks that are not carried out adequately during its development. …
evolution considering the tasks that are not carried out adequately during its development. …
Naming the pain in requirements engineering: Contemporary problems, causes, and effects in practice
Requirements Engineering (RE) has received much attention in research and practice due
to its importance to software project success. Its interdisciplinary nature, the dependency to …
to its importance to software project success. Its interdisciplinary nature, the dependency to …
Towards an ontology of terms on technical debt
…, V Caires, TS Mendes, RO Spínola - 2014 sixth …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Technical debt is a term that has been used to describe the increased cost of changing or
maintaining a system due to shortcuts taken during its development. As technical debt is a …
maintaining a system due to shortcuts taken during its development. As technical debt is a …
A case study on effectively identifying technical debt
… Spínola was previously employed at Kali Software, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was a visiting
… The author Spínola would like to thank the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and …
… The author Spínola would like to thank the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and …
Investigating the link between user stories and documentation debt on software projects
Technical debt is a metaphor that describes the effect of immature artefacts in software
development. One of its types is documentation debt, which can be identified by locating missing, …
development. One of its types is documentation debt, which can be identified by locating missing, …
Exploring the costs of technical debt management–a case study
Y Guo, RO Spínola, C Seaman - Empirical Software Engineering, 2016 - Springer
Technical debt is a metaphor for delayed software maintenance tasks. Incurring technical debt
may bring short-term benefits to a project, but such benefits are often achieved at the cost …
may bring short-term benefits to a project, but such benefits are often achieved at the cost …
Status quo in requirements engineering: A theory and a global family of surveys
Requirements Engineering (RE) has established itself as a software engineering discipline
over the past decades. While researchers have been investigating the RE discipline with a …
over the past decades. While researchers have been investigating the RE discipline with a …
The practitioners' point of view on the concept of technical debt and its causes and consequences: a design for a global family of industrial surveys and its first results …
Context Studying the causes of technical debt (TD) could aid in TD prevention, thus easing
the job of TD management. On the other hand, better understanding of the effects of TD could …
the job of TD management. On the other hand, better understanding of the effects of TD could …
[HTML][HTML] Technical debt and agile software development practices and processes: An industry practitioner survey
Context: Contemporary software development is typically conducted in dynamic, resource-scarce
environments that are prone to the accumulation of technical debt. While this general …
environments that are prone to the accumulation of technical debt. While this general …