Outputs (139)

The learner experience of student-led international group project work in software engineering (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Software development has become increasingly globalized because of technological innovation, the evolution of work and business processes, as well as prevailing educational systems and national policies [1]. This paper addresses the challenges faced... Read More about The learner experience of student-led international group project work in software engineering.

Cloud computing adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis using institutions and capabilities (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cloud computing can provide remote access to computing resources via the internet. It has the potential to transform economic activities considering its inherent pay-per usage model, flexibility and scalability features. This paper uses a socio-techn... Read More about Cloud computing adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis using institutions and capabilities.

Enhanced cloud patterns : a case studyof multi-tenancy patterns (2015)
Book Chapter
Adewojo, A., Bass, J., & Allison, I. (2015). Enhanced cloud patterns : a case studyof multi-tenancy patterns. In 2015 International Conference on Information Society (i-Society) (53-58). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/i-Society.2015.7366858

Multi-tenancy is a vital cloud computing property that enables multiple tenants of an application to be served concurrently while guaranteeing isolation between the tenants. Current cloud deployment patterns catalogue for implementing multi-tenancy l... Read More about Enhanced cloud patterns : a case studyof multi-tenancy patterns.

Insourcing a government information system : an analysis using institutions and the capability approach (2015)
Book Chapter
Omar, A., Bass, J., & Lowit, P. (2015). Insourcing a government information system : an analysis using institutions and the capability approach. In 2015 International Conference on Information Society (i-Society) (91-96). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/i-Society.2015.7366866

This study explores the effectiveness of insourcing in the Malaysian Government. The research discusses the factors and issues of insourcing in a Malaysian government agency in the context of post contract termination of an outsourcing agreement. A q... Read More about Insourcing a government information system : an analysis using institutions and the capability approach.

Evaluating degrees of tenant isolation in multitenancy patterns : a case study of cloud-hosted Version Control System (VCS) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

One of the key concerns of implementing multitenancy (i.e., serving multiple tenants with a single instance of an application) on the cloud is how to enable the required degree of isolation between tenants, so that the required performance of one ten... Read More about Evaluating degrees of tenant isolation in multitenancy patterns : a case study of cloud-hosted Version Control System (VCS).

Special issue editor's introduction (2014)
Journal Article
Bass, J. (2014). Special issue editor's introduction. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 62(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2014.tb00438.x

Cloud Computing: A Comparison Of Adoption Issues Between Uk And Sub-Saharan Africa SMEs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cloud computing can provide remote access to computing resources via the internet. This paper analyses and compares the adoption of cloud computing by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom (UK) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SS-Afr... Read More about Cloud Computing: A Comparison Of Adoption Issues Between Uk And Sub-Saharan Africa SMEs.

International group work in software engineering (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper describes an on-going development of International Group Work as part of Software Engineering teaching and learning. Social computing (collaboration) software tools were used to enable communication and joint working. Scrum an agile softwa... Read More about International group work in software engineering.

Scrum master activities : process tailoring in large enterprise projects (2014)
Book Chapter
Bass, J. (2014). Scrum master activities : process tailoring in large enterprise projects. In Global Software Engineering (ICGSE), 2014 IEEE 9th International Conference on 18-21 Aug. 2014 (6-15). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2014.24

This paper explores practitioner descriptions of agile method tailoring in large-scale offshore or outsourced enterprise projects. Specifically, tailoring of the scrum master role is investigated. The scrum master acts as a facilitator for software d... Read More about Scrum master activities : process tailoring in large enterprise projects.

How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises (2014)
Journal Article
large distributed enterprises. Empirical Software Engineering, 20(6), 1525-1557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-014-9322-z

Software development teams in large scale offshore enterprise development programmes are often under intense pressure to deliver high quality software within challenging time contraints. Project failures can attract adverse publicity and damage corpo... Read More about How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises.