Publications
Book Chapters
1. Mahmood Niazi and Sami Zahran, Software Process Line: A step towards software industralization, 2012, Book Chapter, Software Process Improvement and Management: Approaches and Tools for Practical Development, IGI Global, 2012, USA, ISBN 978-1-61350-141-2
Edited Books/ Journals
2.
Mahmood Niazi, Naveed Ikram and Asif Qumer Gill (Editors),
Special Issue on the selected papers from the 15th International
IEEE Multitopic Conference (INMIC12), Islamabad Pakistan,
IET Software (in progress), to be published in 2013.
3.
Mahmood Niazi and
David Budgen (Editors), Special section on the
selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Evaluation and
Assessment in Software Engineering, IET Software (in progress), to be published
in 2012.
4.
Mahmood Niazi, Narciso Cerpa and Valentine Casey
(Editors), Management of Global Software Development: Opportunities, Challenges
and Lessons Learned, IET Software Journal, 6(3), 165-282, 2012.
5.
Mahmood Niazi and
Mark Turner (Editors), Special section on the selected papers from 14th
International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
(EASE 2010), Information and Software Technology Journal, 53(6): 615 (2011).
6.
Davide Falessi, He Zhang, Tracy Hall, Martin Höst,
Mahmood Niazi, Alok Mishra (Editors), 2010, “11th International Conference on
Product Focused Software Development and Process Improvement (PROFES2010) -
Second Proceeding: Short Papers, Doctoral Symposium and Workshops”, ISBN:
978-88-6507-067-3, 2010.
7. Mark Turner and Mahmood Niazi (Editors), 2010, 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE), UK, 12 - 13 April 2010
8. David Budgen, Mark Turner and Mahmood Niazi (Editors), 2009, 13th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE), UK, 20-21 April 2009
Refereed Journals
9. Siffatullah Khan and Mahmood Niazi (2012) An empirical investigation of success factors for offshore software development outsourcing vendors, IET Software Journal 6(1), 1-15. (ISI Journal)
10.
Mahmood Niazi (2012), An exploratory study of
software process improvement implementation risks, in press for publications, Journal of Software:
Evolution and Process. (ISI Journal)
11. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi and Rashid Ahmad (2011), Barriers in the selection of offshore software development outsourcing vendors: An exploratory study using a systematic literature review, Information and Software Technology Journal, 53(7), 693-788. (ISI Journal)
12. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi and Rashid Ahmad (2011), Factors influencing clients in the selection of offshore software outsourcing vendors: an exploratory study using a systematic literature review, Journal of Systems and Software, 84(4), 686-699. (ISI Journal)
13. Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar and June Verner (2010), Software Process Improvement Barriers: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Information and Software Technology Journal, 52(11), 1204-1216. (ISI Journal)
14. Barbara Kitchenham, Rialette Pretorius, Pearl Brereton, David Budgen, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi, and Stephen Linkman (2010), Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering– A Tertiary Study, Information and Software Technology Journal, 52(8), 792-805. (ISI Journal)
15. Barbara Kitchenham, Pearl Brereton, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi, Stephen Linkman, Rialette Pretorius and David Budgen (2010), Refining the Systematic Literature Review Process - Two Participant-Observer Case Studies, Empirical Software Engineering Journal, 15(6), 618-653. (ISI Journal)
16.
Mahmood Niazi and
Muhammad Ali Babar (2009), Identifying High Perceived Value Practices of CMMI
Level 2: An Empirical Study, Information and Software Technology Journal, 51(8),
1231-1243. (ISI Journal)
17. Karl
Cox, Mahmood Niazi and June Verner (2009), An Empirical Study of Sommerville’s Requirements Engineering Practices,
IET Software Journal, 3(5), 339-355. (ISI Journal)
18. Mahmood
Niazi (2009), What can Undermine Software Process
Improvement Implementation Initiatives, CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, 22(1),
24-27.
19. Mahmood
Niazi and Muhammad Ali Babar (2008), De-motivators for software process
improvement: An empirical investigation, Software Process Improvement and
Practice Journal (Perspectives on Global Software Development: special issue
on PROFES 2007), 13(3), 249-264. (ISI Journal)
20. Mahmood
Niazi, Karl Cox and June Verner (2008), A Measurement Process for Assessing the
Maturity of Requirements Engineering Process, Software Quality Journal, 16(2), 213 – 235. (ISI Journal)
21. Mark
Staples, Mahmood Niazi (2008), Systematic Review of Organizational Motivations
for Adopting CMM-based SPI, Information and Software Technology Journal,
50(7-8), 605-620. (ISI Journal)
22. Mark
Staples and Mahmood Niazi (2008). Experiences Using Systematic Review
Guidelines, Journal of Systems and Software, 80(9), 1425-1437. (ISI Journal)
23. Mark
Staples, Mahmood Niazi and Ross Jeffery (2007). An Exploratory Study of Why
Organizations Do Not Adopt CMMI, Journal of Systems and Software, 80(6),
883-895. (ISI Journal)
24. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2006), Critical Success Factors for Software Process Improvement: An Empirical
Study, Software Process Improvement and Practice Journal, 11(2). 193-211. (ISI
Journal)
25. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2005), A Maturity Model for the Implementation of Software Process
Improvement: An empirical study, Journal of Systems and Software, 74 (2). 155-172.
(ISI Journal)
26. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2005), A Framework for Assisting the Design of
Effective Software Process Improvement Implementation Strategies, Journal of
Systems and Software, 78(2). 204-222. (ISI Journal)
Refereed Conferences
27. J.
M. Verner, O. P. Brereton, B. A. Kitchenham, M. Turner, M. Niazi (2012), Systematic
Literature Reviews in Global Software Development: A Tertiary Study,
International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering
(EASE 2012) Spain.
28. Muneera Bano, Salma Imtiaz , Naveed Ikram , Mahmood Niazi,
Muhammad Usman (2012), Causes of Requirement Change – A
Systematic Literature Review, International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment
in Software Engineering (EASE 2012)
Spain.
29. Mahmood
Niazi, Mohamed El-Attar, Muhammad Usman and Naveed Ikram (2012), GlobReq: A
Framework for Improving Requirements Engineering in Global Software Development
Projects: Preliminary Results, International Conference on Evaluation &
Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2012)
Spain.
30. Siffatullah Khan and Mahmood Niazi (2012), Critical
Challenges in Offshore Software Development Outsourcing: An Empirical Study,
International IASTED Conference on Software Engineering SE 2012, June 2012
Greece.
31. Usman Nasir and Mahmood Niazi, 2011, Cloud Computing Adaption and
Assessment Model, Doctoral Symposium, the 12th International Conference on Product Focused Software
Development and Process Improvement (PROFES 2011).
32. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad (2010),
Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors:
An Empirical Study, the 11th International Conference on Product Focused Software
Development and Process Improvement (PROFES 2010), Limerick, Ireland,
June 21-23, 2010.
33. Mark
Staples, Mahmood Niazi, 2010, Two Case Studies on Small Enterprise Motivation
and Readiness for CMMI, the 11th International Conference on Product Focused Software
Development and Process Improvement (PROFES 2010), Limerick, Ireland,
June 21-23, 2010.
34. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi and Naveed
Ikram (2010), Software Development Outsourcing
Relationships Trust: A Systematic Literature Review Protocol, International
Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2010), UK
April 2010.
35. Muneera Bano, Naveed Ikram and Mahmood Niazi
(2010), Requirement Engineering Process for Service Oriented Software Development, In PROFES
'10 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Product Focused Software,
84-87.
36. Kitchenham, B., Brereton, P., Turner, M., Niazi, M., Pretorius, P. and Budgen, D (2009), The impact of search procedures for
systematic literature reviews – An observer-participant case study, the 3rd
International
Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), USA, Oct. 2009.
37. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi and Rashid Ahmad (2009),
Critical Barriers for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A
Systematic Literature Review, IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Software Engineering, Malaysia, Dec. 2009.
38.
Siffatullah
Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad (2009), Critical Success Factors for Offshore
Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A Systematic Literature Review, IEEE
international conference on Global Software Engineering, Lero
Ireland, July 2009.
39. Muhammad Ali Babar and Mahmood
Niazi (2008), Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An
Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners’ Views, IEEE international conference on
global software engineering (ICGSE 2008), 67-76, India.
40.
Mahmood Niazi,
Charles Hickman, Muhammad Ali Babar and Rashid Ahmad (2008), A Model for
Requirements Change Management: Implementation of CMMI Level 2 Specific
Practice,
International Conference on Product Focused Software Process
Improvement (PROFES), LNCS 5089, 143-157, Italy.
41.
Mahmood Niazi,
Muhammad Ali Babar and Suhaimi Ibrahim (2008), An
Empirical Study Identifying High Perceived Value Practices of CMMI Level 2,
International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement
(PROFES), LNCS 5089, 427-441, Italy.
42. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad (2008), A Systematic
Literature Review Protocol for a Software Outsourcing Vendors Readiness Model
(SOVRM), International Conference on Information
and Communication Technologies, August, Bannu.
43.
Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad (2008), A
Readiness Model for Software Development Outsourcing Vendors, Doctoral
Symposium, IEEE international conference on global
software engineering (ICGSE 2008), India August.
44. Mahmood
Niazi and Muhammad Ali Babar (2007), Motivators of Software Process Improvement:An Analysis of
Vietnamese Practitioners’ Views, International Conference on Evaluation and
Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2007), pp79-88.
45. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2007), Organisational readiness and software process
improvement, International Conference on Product Focused Software Process
Improvement (PROFES 2007), LNCS 4589, 96-107, Latvia.
46. Mahmood
Niazi and Muhammad Ali Babar (2007), De-motivators for software process
improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners’ Views, International
Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement PROFES 2007, LNCS
4589, 118–131, Latvia.
47. Mark
Staples and Mahmood Niazi (2006), Experiences Using Systematic Review
Guidelines, International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software
Engineering (EASE 2006), UK, pp79-88.
48. Mahmood
Niazi (2006), Software Process Improvement: A Road to success, The 7th
International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement, LNCS,
Amsterdam, 395-401.
49. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2006), Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An empirical
study, The 7th International Conference on Product Focused Software
Process Improvement, LNCS, Amsterdam, 222-233.
50. Mahmood
Niazi (2005), An instrument for measuring the maturity of requirements
engineering process, The 6th International Conference on Product
Focused Software Process Improvement, LNCS, Oulu, Finland, June 13-16,
2005,pp574-585
51. Mahmood
Niazi (2005), An empirical study for the improvement of requirements
engineering process, The 17th International Conference on Software
Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, July 14 to 16, 2005 Taipei, Taiwan,
Republic of China, pp396-399
52. Muhammad
Ali Babar, Mahmood Niazi, Ross Jeffery (2005). Using CMMI to assess a framework
for comparing software architecture evaluation methods, The 17th
International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering,
July 14 to 16, 2005 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, pp400-403
53. Mahmood
Niazi, Karl Cox and June Verner (2005), An empirical
study identifying high perceived value requirements engineering practices,
Fourteenth International Conference on Information Systems Development
(ISD´2005) Karlstad University, Sweden August 15-17, 2005.
54. Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi and Bernard Wong (2004), A model for the implementation of software process improvement: An empirical study, 5th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (Profes2004), LNCS, Japan, April 5-8, 2004, pp1-16.
55. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2004), Critical Barriers for SPI Implementation: An empirical study, IASTED
International Conference on Software Engineering (SE 2004), Austria, February
16-19, 2004, pp 389-395.
56. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2003), A framework for the guidance of designing
effective implementation strategies for software process improvement,
International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
(SEKE2003), pp 366-371.
57. Mahmood
Niazi and David Wilson (2003), A Maturity Model for the Implementation of
Software Process Improvement, International Conference on Software Engineering
Research and Practice (SERP 2003), pp 650-655.
58. Mahmood
Niazi and Sudha Shastry
(2003), Critical Success factors for the improvement of Requirements
Engineering Process, International Conference on Software Engineering Research
and Practice (SERP2003), pp 433-439
59. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2003), A model for the implementation of software
process improvement: A pilot study, in the proceedings of International Conference
on Software Quality (QSIC2003), IEEE Computer Society, USA, November 6 - 7,
2003.
60. Mahmood
Niazi, David Wilson and Didar Zowghi
(2003), Critical success factors and critical barriers for Software Process
Improvement: An Analysis of Literature, in the proceedings of Australasian
Conference on Information Systems ACIS2003, Perth, Australia, November 26-28,
2003.
61. Mahmood
Niazi and Sudha Shastry
(2003), Role of Requirements Engineering in Software development Process, IEEE
International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC03), 8-10 December, Islamabad, pp
402-407.
62. Mahmood
Niazi (2002), Improving the Requirements Engineering Process: A Process
Oriented Approach, Thirteenth
Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS02), December, pp
885-898.
63. Mahmood
Niazi (2002), Improving the Requirements Engineering Process trough the application of a Key Process Area Approach, 7th Australian Workshop on
Requirements Engineering, pp 125-139 SELECTED AS A BEST PAPER
64. Mahmood
Niazi (2000), A Method to Improve the Requirements Engineering Process, Fifth Australian Workshop on Requirements
Engineering, pp 23-36, December.
Technical reports and other publications
65.
J. M. Verner, O. P. Brereton, B. A. Kitchenham, M. Turner, M. Niazi (2012), Risk Mitigation Advice for Global Software Development from
Systematic Literature Reviews, Keele University Technical Report TR-2012-02,
ISSN 1353-7776
66. Systematic
Literature Reviews in Global Software Development: A Tertiary Study,
International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering
(EASE 2012) Spain.
67.
Muneera Bano,
Salma Imtiaz, Naveed Ikram, Muhammad Usman, and Mahmood Niazi (2010), Systematic Literature
Review for Causes of Requirements Change, Keele technical Report (TR/2010-01), ISSN: 1353: 7776.
68.
Muneera Bano,
Naveed Ikram, and Mahmood
Niazi (2011), Knowledge Management in Service Oriented Requirements Engineering
(KM – SORE), Keele technical Report (TR/2011-02), ISSN: 1353: 7776.
69. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi and Naveed
Ikram (2009), Software Development Outsourcing
Relationships Trust: A Systematic Literature Review (Protocol), Technical
Report: TR/2009-01, Keele University, UK.
70. Siffatullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi (2008), Systematic
Literature Review Protocol for Software Outsourcing Vendors Readiness Model,
Technical Report: TR/08-01, Keele University, UK
71. Mahmood
Niazi (2004), What is Missing in Software Process
Improvement, IMPROVE, Software Process Improvement Newsletter, SPIKE, 2-2004.
72.
Mahmood Niazi and Staples,
M. (2005), Systematic Review of Organizational Motivations for Adopting
CMM-based SPI. Technical Report, National ICT Australia (PA005957)