Publications

Articles searched with “software startup” keyword, are counted when at least one author from SSRN and the paper can be found via DOI system. This is not the final and complete list of publications on software startups.

Year 2025
  1. Guerino, G. C., Balancieri, R., Leal, G. C. L., & Prikladnicki, R. (2025a). Towards the UX Support to Software Startups: On the relationship of professional expertise and UX work in the Brazilian scenario. Journal of Systems and Software, 219, 112246.
  2. Javdani Gandomani, T., Zulzalil, H., & Bahsoon, R. (2025). Empowering software startups with agile methods and practices: A design science research. Software: Practice and Experience, 55(2), 220–242.
  3. Lortie, J., Cox, K., DeRosset, S., Thompson, R., & Kelly, S. (2024). Unpacking the minimum viable product (MVP): A framework for use, goals and essential elements. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 32(1), 212–235.
  4. Rafiq, U., Wang, X., & Guerra, E. (2025a). Data analytics in software startups: Understanding key concepts and critical challenges. Information and Software Technology, 180, 107652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2024.107652
  5. Simaremare, M., Triando, & Rico, S. (2025). Exploring the Potential of Generative AI: Use Cases in Software Startups. I L. Marchesi, A. Goldman, M. I. Lunesu, A. Przybyłek, A. Aguiar, L. Morgan, X. Wang, & A. Pinna (Red.), Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops (s. 3–11). Springer Nature Switzerland.
  6. Triando, Simaremare, M., Wang, X., & Prasad, A. S. R. (2025). The Use of Generative AI Tools in the Inception Stage of Software Startups. I E. Papatheocharous, S. Farshidi, S. Jansen, & S. Hyrynsalmi (Red.), Software Business (s. 439–453). Springer Nature Switzerland.
Year 2024
  1. Bianchini, L. de P., & Zaina, L. (2024). Which UX Research method or technique should I take? Assisting software startup professionals in making their choices. Journal on Interactive Systems, 15(1)
  2. Guerino, G., Martinelli, S., Choma, J., Leal, G. C., Balancieri, R., & Zaina, L. (2024). Investigating UX work in Software Startups: A Survey about Attitudes, Methods, and Key Challenges. Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, 30(1)
  3. Matturro, G., Franco, P., & Ledesma, S. (2024). Technical and Business Risk Management in Software Startups. I Á. Rocha, C. Ferrás, J. Hochstetter Diez, & M. Diéguez Rebolledo (Red.), Information Technology and Systems (s. 75–85). Springer Nature Switzerland.
  4. Melegati, J., Wiese, I., Guerra, E., Chanin, R., Aldaeej, A., Mikkonen, T., Prikladnicki, R., & Wang, X. (2024). Product managers in software startups: A grounded theory. Information and Software Technology, 174, 107516
  5. Pattyn, F. (2024). Towards a Pragmatic Framework for Product Managers at Software Startups: A Systematic Literature Review (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 4682567). Social Science Research Network
  6. Pattyn, F., & Rafiq, U. (2024). Driving Startup Success Through Hierarchy of Validation (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 5036453). Social Science Research Network.
  7. Simaremare, M., & Edison, H. (2024). AI Assistant to Improve Experimentation in Software Startups Using Large Language Model and Prompt Engineering. 3621.
  8. Aldaeej, A., & Seaman, C. (2024). A rule-based decision model to support technical debt decisions: A multiple case study of web and mobile app startups. Information and Software Technology, 175, 107542.
  9. Aludhilu, H., & Sutinen, E. (2024). Bridging the Gap: Addressing Software Testing Challenges in Namibian Startups through a Tailored Training Approach. Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Software-intensive Business, 79–86.
  10. Matturro, G., Franco, P., & Ledesma, S. (2024). Technical and Business Risk Management in Software Startups. In Á. Rocha, C. Ferrás, J. Hochstetter Diez, & M. Diéguez Rebolledo (Eds.), Information Technology and Systems (pp. 75–85). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54256-5_7
  11. May, R., Baron, N., Krüger, J., & Leich, T. (2024). Pandemic startup software engineering: An experience report on the development of a COVID-19 certificate verification system. Journal of Systems and Software, 216, 112106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2024.112106
  12. Melegati, J., Wiese, I., Guerra, E., Chanin, R., Aldaeej, A., Mikkonen, T., Prikladnicki, R., & Wang, X. (2024). Product managers in software startups: A grounded theory. Information and Software Technology, 174, 107516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2024.107516
  13. Mohsenimofidi, S., Prasad, A. S. R., Zahid, A., Rafiq, U., Wang, X., & Attal, M. I. (2024). Classifying User Intent for Effective Prompt Engineering: A Case of a Chatbot for Startup Teams. In A. Nguyen-Duc, P. Abrahamsson, & F. Khomh (Eds.), Generative AI for Effective Software Development (pp. 317–329). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55642-5_15
  14. Nguyen-Duc, A., Khanna, D., Le, G. H., Greer, D., Wang, X., Zaina, L. M., Matturro, G., Melegati, J., Guerra, E., Kettunen, P., Hyrynsalmi, S., Edison, H., Sales, A., Chanin, R., Rutitis, D., Kemell, K.-K., Aldaeej, A., Mikkonen, T., Garbajosa, J., & Abrahamsson, P. (2024). Work-from-home impacts on software project: A global study on software development practices and stakeholder perceptions. Software: Practice and Experience, 54(5), 896–926. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.3306
  15. Pham, Q. T., & Nguyen, N. T. (2024). The impacts of customer involvement and knowledge absorptive capacity on the performance of startups. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 22(4), 404–417. https://doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2023.2293743
Year 2023
  1. ZAINA, LUCIANA; CHOMA, JOELMA ; SAAD, JULLIA ; BARROCA, LEONOR ; SHARP, HELEN ; MACHADO, LETICIA ; DE SOUZA, CLEIDSON R. B. . What do software startups need from UX work?. EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, v. 28, p. 80, 2023.
  2. A. T. V. B. Ribeiro, C. A. Ferragi, G. A. Plonski, and A. C. F. Cardoso, “Startup spawning: background and formative processes,” Innovation & Management Review, vol. ahead-of-print, no. ahead-of-print, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1108/INMR-07-2021-0127.
  3. K.-K. Kemell, A. Nguyen-Duc, M. Suoranta, and P. Abrahamsson, “StartCards — A method for early-stage software startups,” Information and Software Technology, vol. 160, p. 107224, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2023.107224.
  4. V. Gupta, J. M. Fernandez-Crehuet, and C. Gupta, “A Freelancer-Supported Requirement Engineering Framework for Software Start-Ups,” Computer, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 32–46, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.1109/MC.2022.3180711
  5. A. Rodrigues Paris and E. Guerra, “The Impact of Remote Work on Architectural Decisions in a Start-Up Company – An Industrial Case Study,” in 2023 IEEE 20th International Conference on Software Architecture Companion (ICSA-C), Mar. 2023, pp. 68–74. doi: 10.1109/ICSA-C57050.2023.00026.
  6. SAAD, JULLIA ; CHOMA, JOELMA ; ALVARO, ALEXANDRE ; ZAINA, LUCIANA . The impact of UX work on communication and collaboration in software startups. In: Workshop sobre Aspectos Sociais, Humanos e Econômicos de Software, 2023, Brasil. Anais do VIII Workshop sobre Aspectos Sociais, Humanos e Econômicos de Software (WASHES 2023). SBC: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação – SBC, 2023. p. 41.GUERINO, G. ; MARTINELLI, S. ; CHOMA, J. ; LEAL, G. C. ; BALANCIERI, R. ; ZAINA, L. . Perceptions about Usefulness and Attitudes toward UX work: a survey with software startup Brazilian professionals. In: XXII Simpósio Brasileiro sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais, 2023, Maceio. Anais do XXII Simpósio Brasileiro sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais. New York: ACM, 2023.

Year 2022

  1. A. Nguyen-Duc et al., “Work-from-home and its implication for project management, resilience and innovation — a global survey on software companies,” arXiv:2202.04950 [cs], Feb. 2022, Accessed: Feb. 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.04950
  2. R. Souza, O. Cico, and I. Machado, “A Survey on Software Engineering Practices in Brazilian Startups,” arXiv:2108.00343 [cs], Jul. 2021, Accessed: Feb. 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.00343
  3. J. Choma, L. Machado, C. R. B. de Souza, H. Sharp, L. Barroca, and L. Zaina, “Towards Understanding How Software Startups Deal with UX from Customer and User Information,” in Software Business, N. Carroll, A. Nguyen-Duc, X. Wang, and V. Stray, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022, pp. 287–303. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-20706-8_20.
  4. K. Hansen, A. Osmanovic, B. Klerens, and H. Edison, “The Evolution of Software Startup Research: A Survey of Literature,” in Software Business, N. Carroll, A. Nguyen-Duc, X. Wang, and V. Stray, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022, pp. 304–319. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-20706-8_21.
  5. Q.-T. Nguyen, T. Phromwongsa, S. Shanmugalingam, V. S. Laursen, I. N. Jabangwe, and A. Nguyen-Duc, “Awareness Without Actions: A Qualitative Study on Risk Management in Nordic Software Startups,” in Emerging Technologies for Innovation Management in the Software Industry, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 168–181. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9059-1.ch010.
  6. S. Parthasarathy, S. Sivagurunathan, and G. H. Subramanian, “What Should a Startup Know About Software Customization?,” IJITPM, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1–13, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.4018/IJITPM.313945.
  7. J. Melegati, E. Guerra, and X. Wang, “HyMap: Eliciting hypotheses in early-stage software startups using cognitive mapping,” Information and Software Technology, vol. 144, p. 106807, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106807.
  8. U. Rafiq, “Towards Understanding Analytics in Software Startups,” in 2022 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business (IWSiB), May 2022, pp. 31–38. doi: 10.1145/3524614.3528632.
  9. M. Kuhrmann, J. Muench, and J. Klunder, “Hacking or Engineering? Towards an Extended Entrepreneurial Software Engineering Model,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Software and System Processes and International Conference on Global Software Engineering, in ICSSP’22. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, May 2022, pp. 66–76. doi: 10.1145/3529320.3529328.
  10. S. Lieu, A. Wong, and B. Penzenstadler, “The ‘Vattn’ Case: Analysing Sustainability Impacts in a Software Startup,” in 2022 International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S), Jun. 2022, pp. 150–159. doi: 10.1109/ICT4S55073.2022.00026.
  11. S. Parthasarathy, “A decision framework for software startups to succeed in COVID-19 environment,” Decision Analytics Journal, vol. 3, p. 100037, Jun. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.dajour.2022.100037.
  12. O. Borges, V. Lenarduzzi, and R. Prikladnicki, “Preliminary insights to enable automation of the software development process in software StartUps: an investigation study from the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning,” in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on AI Engineering: Software Engineering for AI, in CAIN ’22. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, Oct. 2022, pp. 37–38. doi: 10.1145/3522664.3528610.
  13. O. Cico, “Lean software startup practices and software engineering education,” in Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 44th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings, in ICSE ’22. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, Oct. 2022, pp. 281–285. doi: 10.1145/3510454.3517065.
  14. J. Melegati and X. Wang, “Digital mentor: towards a conversational bot to identify hypotheses for software startups,” in Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering, in BotSE ’22. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, Oct. 2022, pp. 10–13. doi: 10.1145/3528228.3528407.
  15. U. Rafiq, C. Filippo, and X. Wang, “Understanding Low-Code or No-Code Adoption in Software Startups: Preliminary Results from a Comparative Case Study,” in Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 23rd International Conference, PROFES 2022, Jyväskylä, Finland, November 21–23, 2022, Proceedings, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, Nov. 2022, pp. 390–398. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-21388-5_27.
  16. A. Tkalich and H. Edison, “On the Characteristics of Internal Software Startups,” in Software Business, N. Carroll, A. Nguyen-Duc, X. Wang, and V. Stray, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022, pp. 320–327. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-20706-8_22.
  17. A. Aldaeej and C. Seaman, “The Negative Implications of Technical Debt on Software Startups: What they are and when they surface,” in 2022 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business (IWSiB), May 2022, pp. 23–30. doi: 10.1145/3524614.3528629.
  18. J. Choma, E. M. Guerra, A. Alvaro, R. Pereira, and L. Zaina, “Influences of UX factors in the Agile UX context of software startups,” Information and Software Technology, vol. 152, p. 107041, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2022.107041.
  19. G. C. Guerino, M. de Assumpção, T. José da Silva, L. Hokkanen, R. Balancieri, and G. C. Lapasini Leal, “User Experience Practices in Software Startups: A Systematic Mapping Study,” Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 2022, p. e9701739, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.1155/2022/9701739.
  20. K. Lanata, P. Benítez, G. Matturro, Pivoting in software startups. Motivations, process, and evaluation, 26 Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingeniería de Software (CIbSE 2022), 2022.
Year 2021
  1. J. Saad, S. Martinelli, L. Machado, C. R. B. De Souza, A. Alvaro, L. Zaina. “UX work in software startups: A thematic analysis of the literature”. Information and Software Technology
  2. S.A.M. Silveira, J. Choma, R. Pereira, E.M. Guerra, L.A.M. Zaina. “UX Work in Software Start-Ups: Challenges from the Current State of Practice”. In: Gregory P., Lassenius C., Wang X., Kruchten P. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2021. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 419. Springer, Cham
  3. O. Cico, T. Besker, A. Martini, A. N. Duc, R. Souza, and J. Bosch, “Toward a Technical Debt Relationship with the Pivoting of Growth Phase Startups,” in Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Cham, 2021, pp. 265–280. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91452-3_18
  4. E. Bjarnason, “Prototyping Practices in Software Startups: Initial Case Study Results,” in 2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW), Sep. 2021, pp. 206–211. doi: 10.1109/REW53955.2021.00038.
  5. G. Matturro, G. Nieto, A. González, and M. Solari, “Minimum Viable Product Creation and Validation in Software Startups,” in 2021 XLVII Latin American Computing Conference (CLEI), Oct. 2021, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/CLEI53233.2021.9639942.
  6. V. Gupta, L. Rubalcaba, J. M. Fernandez-Crehuet, and L. F. Pereira, “Innovation Through Startup Collaboration: Build a Relationship With Your Peer Startups,” IEEE Engineering Management Review, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 126–135, 2021, doi: 10.1109/EMR.2021.3101116.
  7. O. Cico, L. Jaccheri, A. Nguyen-Duc, and H. Zhang, “Exploring the intersection between software industry and Software Engineering education – A systematic mapping of Software Engineering Trends,” Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 172, p. 110736, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.110736.
  8. G. Kazemi, O. Cico, Q.-T. Nguyen, and A. Nguyen-Quang, “Risk Exposure and Management in Software Development – A Survey of Multiple Software Startups,” in Software Business, Cham, 2021, pp. 98–104. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_8.
  9. T. Kolehmainen, G. Laatikainen, J. Kultanen, E. Kazan, and P. Abrahamsson, “Using Blockchain in Digitalizing Enterprise Legacy Systems: An Experience Report,” in Software Business, Cham, 2021, pp. 70–85. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-67292-8_6.
  10. A. Tkalich, N. B. Moe, and R. Ulfsnes, “Making Internal Software Startups Work: How to Innovate Like a Venture Builder?,” in Software Business, Cham, 2021, pp. 152–167. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_12.
  11. Y. Kovaleva, S. Hyrynsalmi, A. Saltan, and J. Kasurinen, “A Study of Factors on Women from the Tech Sector and Entrepreneurship,” in Software Business, Cham, 2021, pp. 137–151. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_11.
  12. G. C. Guerino, N. S. B. C. Dias, R. Chanin, R. Prikladnicki, R. Balancieri, and G. C. L. Leal, “User Experience Practices in Early-Stage Software Startups – An Exploratory Study,” in Software Business, Cham, 2021, pp. 122–136. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_10.
  13. M. A. Medina Angarita and A. Nolte, “Supporting Entrepreneurship with Hackathons – A Study on Startup Founders Attending Hackathons,” in Software Business, Cham, 2021, pp. 107–121. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_9
  14. O. Cico, A. N. Duc, and L. Jaccheri, “The development and validation of a framework for teaching software engineering through startup practice in higher education,” in 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Oct. 2021, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637256.
  15. A. Nguyen-Duc, K.-K. Kemell, and P. Abrahamsson, “The entrepreneurial logic of startup software development: A study of 40 software startups,” Empir Software Eng, vol. 26, no. 5, p. 91, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.1007/s10664-021-09987-z.
  16. J. Melegati, E. Guerra, and X. Wang, “HyMap: Eliciting hypotheses in early-stage software startups using cognitive mapping,” Information and Software Technology, vol. 144, p. 106807, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106807.
  17. O. Cico, R. Souza, L. Jaccheri, A. Nguyen Duc, and I. Machado, “Startups Transitioning from Early to Growth Phase – A Pilot Study of Technical Debt Perception,” in Software Business, Cham, 2021, pp. 102–117. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-67292-8_8.
  18. U. Rafiq, J. Melegati, D. Khanna, E. Guerra, and X. Wang, “Analytics Mistakes that Derail Software Startups,” in Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, New York, NY, USA, Jun. 2021, pp. 60–69. doi: 10.1145/3463274.3463305.
  19. E. Bjarnason, “Prototyping Practices in Software Startups: Initial Case Study Results,” in 2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW), Sep. 2021, pp. 206–211. doi: 10.1109/REW53955.2021.00038.
  20. A. D. Wulandari and A. P. Subriadi, “PREPARING THE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM FOR BUILDING A NEW STARTUP BUSINESS DURING PANDEMIC: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW,” International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.7903/ijecs.1996.
  21. V. Gupta, L. Rubalcaba, J. M. Fernandez-Crehuet, and L. F. Pereira, “Innovation Through Startup Collaboration: Build a Relationship With Your Peer Startups,” IEEE Engineering Management Review, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 126–135, 2021, doi: 10.1109/EMR.2021.3101116.
  22. C. Sridharan and S. Parthasarathy, “Software productivity-based performance assessment of projects of startups,” International Journal of Business Information Systems, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 129–144, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1504/IJBIS.2021.118634.
  23. S. Parthasarathy and M. Daneva, “A Requirements Engineering Framework for Software Startup Companies,” JDM, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 69–94, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.4018/JDM.2021070104.
  24. D. Wahl and J. Münch, “Industry 4.0 Entrepreneurship: Essential Characteristics and Necessary Skills,” in 2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), Jun. 2021, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC52061.2021.9570258.
  25. P. C. Abrantes and A. Paula Furtado, “Agile Development Practices Applied to Software Startups : A Systematic Mapping Review,” in 2021 16th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), Jun. 2021, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.23919/CISTI52073.2021.9476368
  26. A. Pizzini, R. Bortolo Vieira, R. Deda Gomes, G. Santos, A. Malucelli, and S. Reinehr, “Software Quality Practices in Growing Startups: A Qualitative Study,” in XX Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality, New York, NY, USA, Nov. 2021, pp. 1–10. doi: 10.1145/3493244.3493254.
 

Year 2020

  1. J. Melegati, H. Edison, and X. Wang, “XPro: a Model to Explain the Limited Adoption and Implementation of Experimentation in Software Startups,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, pp. 1–1, 2020, doi: 10.1109/TSE.2020.3042610.
  2. J. Melegati, R. Chanin, A. Sales, R. Prikladnicki, and X. Wang, “MVP and experimentation in software startups: a qualitative survey,” in 2020 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Aug. 2020, pp. 322–325, doi: 10.1109/SEAA51224.2020.00060.
  3. J. Melegati, R. Chanin, A. Sales, and R. Prikladnicki, “Towards Specific Software Engineering Practices for Early-Stage Startups,” in Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops, Cham, 2020, pp. 18–22, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-58858-8_2
  4. J. Melegati and X. Wang, “Hypotheses Elicitation in Early-Stage Software Startups Based on Cognitive Mapping,” in Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, Cham, 2020, pp. 211–220, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-49392-9_14.
  5. G. C. L. Leal, R. Prikladnicki, C. Ebert, R. Balancieri, and L. B. Pompermaier, “Practices and Tools for Software Start-Ups,” IEEE Software, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 72–77, Jan. 2020, doi: 10.1109/MS.2019.2946783
  6. O. Cico, A. N. Duc, and L. Jaccheri, “Software Startup Formation in an Experiential-Based Course – An Empirical Investigation of Students’ Motivations,” in 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Apr. 2020, pp. 1278–1285, doi: 10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125274.
  7. K.-K. Kemell, J. Risku, K. E. Strandjord, A. Nguyen-Duc, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, “Internal Software Startups – A Multiple Case Study on Practices, Methods, and Success Factors,” in 2020 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Aug. 2020, pp. 326–333. doi: 10.1109/SEAA51224.2020.00061.
  8. K.-K. Kemell, J. Risku, K. E. Strandjord, A. Nguyen-Duc, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, “Internal Software Startups – A Multiple Case Study on Practices, Methods, and Success Factors,” in 2020 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Aug. 2020, pp. 326–333, doi: 10.1109/SEAA51224.2020.00061.
  9. K.-K. Kemell et al., “Business Model Canvas Should Pay More Attention to the Software Startup Team,” in 2020 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Aug. 2020, pp. 342–345, doi: 10.1109/SEAA51224.2020.00063.
  10. V. Berg, J. Birkeland, A. Nguyen-Duc, I. O. Pappas, and L. Jaccheri, “Achieving agility and quality in product development – an empirical study of hardware startups,” Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 167, p. 110599, Sep. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.110599.
  11. O. Cico, A. N. Duc, and L. Jaccheri, “An Empirical Investigation on Software Practices in Growth Phase Startups,” in Proceedings of the Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, New York, NY, USA, Apr. 2020, pp. 282–287, doi: 10.1145/3383219.3383249
  12. U. Rafiq and X. Wang, “Continuous Information Monitoring in Software Startups,” in Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops, Cham, 2020, pp. 280–287. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-58858-8_29.
  13. C. Alves, J. Cunha, and J. Araújo, “On the Pragmatics of Requirements Engineering Practices in a Startup Ecosystem,” in 2020 IEEE 28th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), Aug. 2020, pp. 311–321. doi: 10.1109/RE48521.2020.00041.
  14. R. da Camara, M. Marinho, S. Sampaio, and S. Cadete, “How do Agile Software Startups deal with uncertainties by Covid-19 pandemic.” 2020. Accessed: Feb. 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR270308
  15. R. da Camara, M. Marinho, S. Sampaio, and S. Cadete, “How do Agile Software Startups deal with uncertainties by Covid-19 pandemic?,” IJSEA, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 15–34, Jul. 2020, doi: 10.5121/ijsea.2020.11402.
  16. A. Nanthaamornphong and R. Wetprasit, “Thailand’s Software Startup Ecosystem,” in Fundamentals of Software Startups: Essential Engineering and Business Aspects, A. Nguyen-Duc, J. Münch, R. Prikladnicki, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020, pp. 195–213. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-35983-6_12.
  17. G. Kamulegeya, R. Mugwanya, and R. Hebig, “The Character of Software Startup Hubs in an Emerging Ecosystem,” in 2020 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Aug. 2020, pp. 256–264. doi: 10.1109/SEAA51224.2020.00051.
  18. G. Matturro, A. Buffa, M. Febbles,  Technical knowledge and soft skills in the founding teams of software startups, 24 Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingeniería de Software (CIbSE 2020), 2020.

Year 2019

  1. J. Melegati, A. Goldman, F. Kon, and X. Wang, “A model of requirements engineering in software startups,” Information and Software Technology, vol. 109, pp. 92–107, May 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2019.02.001.
  2. J. Melegati, E. Guerra, I. Knop, and X. Wang, “A Board Game to Teach Team Composition in Software Startups,” in Software Business, Cham, 2019, pp. 321–335, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33742-1_25.
  3. J. Melegati, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, “Hypotheses Engineering: First Essential Steps of Experiment-Driven Software Development,” in 2019 IEEE/ACM Joint 4th International Workshop on Rapid Continuous Software Engineering and 1st International Workshop on Data-Driven Decisions, Experimentation and Evolution (RCoSE/DDrEE), May 2019, pp. 16–19, doi: 10.1109/RCoSE/DDrEE.2019.00011.
  4. J. Melegati, R. Chanin, X. Wang, A. Sales, and R. Prikladnicki, “Enablers and Inhibitors of Experimentation in Early-Stage Software Startups,” in Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Cham, 2019, pp. 554–569, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-35333-9_39.
  5. D. Khanna and X. Wang, “How Software Startup Teams Reflect: Approaches, Triggers and Challenges,” in Software Business, Cham, 2019, pp. 353–368, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33742-1_28.
  6. A Nguyen-Duc, K Khalid, S Shahid Bajwa, T Lønnestad, Minimum Viable Products for Internet of Things Applications: Common Pitfalls and Practices, Future Internet 11 (2), 50, 2019
  7. J Melegati, R Chanin, X Wang, A Sales, R Prikladnicki, Perceived Benefits and Challenges of Learning Startup Methodologies for Software Engineering Students, 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
  8. X. Wang, “The Rise of Software Startup Research: An Insider’s View,” in Software Business, Cham, 2019, pp. 11–18, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33742-1_2.
    L. Pompermaier, R. Chanin, A. Sales, and R. Prikladnicki, “MVP Development Process for Software Startups,” in Software Business, Cham, 2019, pp. 409–412, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33742-1_33.
    R. Chanin, L. Pompermaier, A. Sales, and R. Prikladnicki, “Collaborative Practices for Software Requirements Gathering in Software Startups,” in 2019 IEEE/ACM 12th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE), May 2019, pp. 31–32, doi: 10.1109/CHASE.2019.00014.
  9. E. Klotins et al., “A progression model of software engineering goals, challenges, and practices in start-ups,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, pp. 1–1, 2019, doi: 10.1109/TSE.2019.2900213.

Year 2018

  1. V Berg, J Birkeland, A Nguyen-Duc, IO Pappas, L Jaccheri, Software startup engineering: A systematic mapping study, Journal of Systems and Software 144, 255-274, 2018
  2. H. Edison, N. M. Smørsgård, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, “Lean Internal Startups for Software Product Innovation in Large Companies: Enablers and Inhibitors,” Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 135, pp. 69–87, Jan. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.09.034.
  3. A Nguyen-Duc, X Weng, P Abrahamsson. A preliminary study of agility in business and production: cases of early-stage hardware startups, 12th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2018
  4. Klotins, M. Unterkalmsteiner, P. Chatzipetrou, T. Gorschek, R. Prikladinicki, N. Tripathi and L. Pompermaier,Exploration of Technical Debt in Start-ups, ICSE’2018
  5. Y Dahle, AN Duc, M Steinert, R Chizhevskiy, Resource and Competence (Internal) View vs. Environment and Market (External) View when defining a Business, IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 2018
  6. D Khanna, A Nguyen-Duc, X Wang, From MVPs to pivots: a hypothesis-driven journey of two software startups, International Conference of Software Business, 2018
  7. E.Klotins, M. Unterkalmsteiner, T. Gorschek, The Software Start-up Context Map – research and decision support taxonomy, IEEE Software, 2018
  8. A. Nguyen-Duc, X. Weng, and P. Abrahamsson, “A preliminary study of agility in business and production: cases of early-stage hardware startups,” in Proceedings of the 12th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, New York, NY, USA, Oct. 2018, pp. 1–4, doi: 10.1145/3239235.3267430
  9. A Nguven-Duc, Y Dahle, M Steinert, P Abrahamsson, Towards understanding startup product development as effectual entrepreneurial behaviors, International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2017
  10. E.Klotins, M. Unterkalmsteiner, T. Gorschek, Software Engineering in Start-up Companies: an Exploratory Study of 88 Start-ups, Empirical Software Engineering 2018
  11. E.Klotins, M. Unterkalmsteiner, T. Gorschek, Software Engineering Anti-patterns in start-ups, IEEE Software 2018
  12. Y. Dahle, A. N. Duc, M. Steinert, and R. Chizhevskiy, “Resource and Competence (Internal) View vs. Environment and Market (External) View When Defining a Business,” in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), Jun. 2018, pp. 1–9, doi: 10.1109/ICE.2018.8436318.
  13. R. Chanin, A. Sales, L. Pompermaier, and R. Prikladnicki, “Challenge based startup learning: a framework to teach software startup,” in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, New York, NY, USA, Jul. 2018, pp. 266–271, doi: 10.1145/3197091.3197122
  14. R. Chanin, A. Sales, L. Pompermaier, and R. Prikladnicki, “A Systematic Mapping Study On Software Startups Education,” in Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering 2018, New York, NY, USA, Jun. 2018, pp. 163–168, doi: 10.1145/3210459.3210478.
  15. R. Chanin, A. Sales, L. Pompermaier, and R. Prikladnicki, “Poster: Startup Software Development Education: A Systematic Mapping Study,” in 2018 IEEE/ACM 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion (ICSE-Companion), May 2018, pp. 143–144.
  16. E. Klotins et al., “Exploration of technical debt in start-ups,” in Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, New York, NY, USA, May 2018, pp. 75–84, doi: 10.1145/3183519.3183539.
  17. N. Tripathi et al., “An anatomy of requirements engineering in software startups using multi-vocal literature and case survey,” Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 146, pp. 130–151, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.08.059.
Year 2017
  1. Klotins, Eriks. “Using the case survey method to explore engineering practices in software start-ups.” Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Startups. IEEE Press, 2017.
  2. Nguyen Duc, A., Dahle, Y., Abrahamsson, P., Steinert, M. (2017). Towards understanding startup product development as effectual entrepreneurial behaviors, PROFES2017, Innsburk, Austria
  3. S. S. Bajwa, X. Wang, A. Nguyen Duc, and P. Abrahamsson, “‘Failures’ to be celebrated: an analysis of major pivots of software startups,” Empir Software Eng, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 2373–2408, Oct. 2017, doi: 10.1007/s10664-016-9458-0.
  4. Bajwa, S. S. and Wang, X. and Nguyen Duc, A. and Chanin, Rafael M. and Prikladnicki, R. and Pompermaier, L. B. and Abrahamsson, P. (2017).Start-Ups Must Be Ready to Pivot, IEEE Software vol. 34 (3), 18-22
  5. Dahle, Y., Steinert, M., Nguyen Duc, A., Abrahamsson, P. (2017). Towards understanding startup product development as effectual entrepreneurial behaviors, 23rd International conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation 2017, Madeira, Portugal
  6. U. Rafiq, S. S. Bajwa, X. Wang, and I. Lunesu, “Requirements Elicitation Techniques Applied in Software Startups,” in 2017 43rd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Aug. 2017, pp. 141–144, doi: 10.1109/SEAA.2017.73.
  7. J. Pantiuchina, M. Mondini, D. Khanna, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, “Are Software Startups Applying Agile Practices? The State of the Practice from a Large Survey,” in Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, Cham, 2017, pp. 167–183, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57633-6_11.
  8. R. Chanin, L. Pompermaier, K. Fraga, A. Sales, and R. Prikladnicki, “Applying customer development for software requirements in a startup development program,” in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Startups, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2017, pp. 2–5, Accessed: Oct. 28, 2020.
  9. Nguyen Duc, A., Cruzes, D. S., Hanssen G. K., Snarby, T., Abrahamsson, P. (2017). Coopetition of software firms in Open source software ecosystems, 8th ICSOB 2017, Essen, Germany
  10. Nguyen Duc, A., Dahle, Y., Abrahamsson, P., Steinert, M. (2017). Towards understanding startup product development as effectual entrepreneurial behaviors, 8th ICSOB 2017, Essen, Germany
  11. Nguyen Duc, A., Abrahamsson, P. (2017). Exploring the outsourcing relationships in software startups A multiple case study, EASE2017, Karlskrona, Sweden
  12. Nguyen Duc, A. Wang X., Abrahamsson, P. (2017). What Influences the Speed of Prototyping? An Empirical Investigation of Twenty Software Startups, Norwegian, XP2017, Cologne, Germany
  13. A. Nguven-Duc, Y. Dahle, M. Steinert, and P. Abrahamsson, “Towards Understanding Startup Product Development as Effectual Entrepreneurial Behaviors,” in Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2017, pp. 265–279.

Year 2016

  1. C. Giardino, N. Paternoster, M. Unterkalmsteiner, T. Gorschek, and P. Abrahamsson, “Software Development in Startup Companies: The Greenfield Startup Model,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 585–604, Jun. 2016, doi: 10.1109/TSE.2015.2509970.
  2. Unterkalmsteiner, M., Abrahamsson, P., Wang, X., Nguyen Duc, A., Shah, S. et al. (2016). Software Startups – A Research Agenda. e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal.
  3. Bajwa S. S. , Wang X., Nguyen Duc, A., Abrahamsson P. (2016). Failures to be Celebrated: An Analysis of Major Pivots of Software Startups. Empricial Software Engineering.
  4. Nguyen Duc, A., Shah S. and Abrahamsson, P. (2016). Towards an early stage software startups evolution model. Euromicro SEAA
  5. S. S. Bajwa, X. Wang, A. N. Duc, and P. Abrahamsson, “How Do Software Startups Pivot? Empirical Results from a Multiple Case Study,” in Software Business, Cham, 2016, pp. 169–176, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-40515-5_14.
  6. H. Edison, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, “Product Innovation through Internal Startup in Large Software Companies: A Case Study,” in 2016 42th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Aug. 2016, pp. 128–135, doi: 10.1109/SEAA.2016.36.
  7. A. N. Duc and P. Abrahamsson, “Minimum Viable Product or Multiple Facet Product? The Role of MVP in Software Startups,” in Agile Processes, in Software Engineering, and Extreme Programming, 2016, pp. 118–130
  8. E. Lindgren and J. Münch, “Raising the odds of success: the current state of experimentation in product development,” Information and Software Technology, vol. 77, pp. 80–91, Sep. 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2016.04.008.
Year 2015
  1. Anh Nguyen-Duc, Pertti Seppänen, Pekka Abrahamsson: Hunter-gatherer cycle: a conceptual model of the evolution of software startups. ICSSP 2015: 199-203
  2. E. Klotins, M. Unterkalmsteiner, T. Gorschek, Software engineering in start-ups: a mapping study. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Software Business, pp 245-257, 2015
  3. Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, Pekka Abrahamsson: Lean startup: why large software companies should care. XP Workshops 2015: 2
  4. Carmine Giardino, Sohaib Shahid Bajwa, Xiaofeng Wang, Pekka Abrahamsson: Key Challenges in Early-Stage Software Startups. XP 2015: 52-63
  5. A. Järvi, V. Taajamaa, and S. Hyrynsalmi, “Lean Software Startup – An Experience Report from an Entrepreneurial Software Business Course,” in Software Business, Cham, 2015, pp. 230–244, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19593-3_21.
  6. H. Edison, X. Wang, and P. Abrahamsson, “Lean startup: why large software companies should care,” in Scientific Workshop Proceedings of the XP2015, New York, NY, USA, May 2015, pp. 1–7, doi: 10.1145/2764979.2764981.

Year 2014

  1. Nicolò Paternoster, Carmine Giardino, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Tony Gorschek, Pekka Abrahamsson: Software development in startup companies: A systematic mapping study. Information & Software Technology 56(10): 1200-1218 (2014)
  2. Carmine Giardino, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Nicolò Paternoster, Tony Gorschek, Pekka Abrahamsson: What Do We Know about Software Development in Startups? IEEE Software 31(5): 28-32 (2014)
  3. Sarunas Marciuska, Çigdem Gencel, Pekka Abrahamsson: Exploring How Feature Usage Relates to Customer Perceived Value: A Case Study in a Startup Company. ICSOB 2013: 166-177
  4. Carmine Giardino, Xiaofeng Wang, Pekka Abrahamsson: Why Early-Stage Software Startups Fail: A Behavioral Framework. ICSOB 2014: 27-41