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Carolyn Seaman is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research activity primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several related subfields and topics. The main areas of study include Information Systems, Computer Science Applications, Management Information Systems, Software, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The research topics covered by Carolyn Seaman emphasize Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, Software Engineering Research, Open Source Software Innovations, Software Reliability and Analysis Research, ERP Systems Implementation and Impact, Big Data and Business Intelligence, and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

Seaman's publication record includes contributions to journals and conferences with multiple papers. Some of the recent papers are:

  • 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 from Brazil (2020, Empirical Software Engineering)
  • Technical debt payment and prevention through the lenses of software architects (2021, Information and Software Technology)
  • The Teamwork Process Antecedents (TPA) questionnaire: developing and validating a comprehensive measure for assessing antecedents of teamwork process quality (2020, Empirical Software Engineering)
  • Software practitioners' point of view on technical debt payment (2022, Journal of Systems and Software)
  • Pitfalls and Solutions for Technical Debt Management in Agile Software Projects (2021, IEEE Software)

Throughout their career, Carolyn Seaman has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Rodrigo Spínola, Clemente Izurieta, Nicolli Rios, Boris Pérez, and Darío Correal.

The venues where Seaman has frequently published include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), IEEE Software, Information and Software Technology, Journal of Systems and Software, and Empirical Software Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Qualitative methods in empirical studies of software engineering

    C.B. Seaman

  • Managing technical debt in software-reliant systems

    Nanette Brown;Yuanfang Cai;Yuepu Guo;Rick Kazman

  • Identification and management of technical debt

    Nicolli S.R. Alves;Thiago S. Mendes;Manoel G. de Mendonça;Rodrigo O. Spínola

  • Managing Technical Debt in Software Engineering (Dagstuhl Seminar 16162)

    Paris Avgeriou;Philippe Kruchten;Ipek Ozkaya;Carolyn B. Seaman

  • Measuring and Monitoring Technical Debt

    Carolyn B. Seaman;Yuepu Guo

  • A Balancing Act: What Software Practitioners Have to Say about Technical Debt

    E. Lim;N. Taksande;C. Seaman

  • Using the ISO/IEC 9126 product quality model to classify defects: A controlled experiment

    Antonio Vetro;Nico Zazworka;Carolyn B. Seaman;Forrest Shull

  • Practical Software Maintenance

    Carolyn B. Seaman

  • Investigating the impact of design debt on software quality

    Nico Zazworka;Michele A. Shaw;Forrest Shull;Carolyn Seaman

  • Linking Software Development and Business Strategy Through Measurement

    Victor R Basili;Mikael Lindvall;Myrna Regardie;Carolyn Seaman

  • A case study on effectively identifying technical debt

    Nico Zazworka;Rodrigo O. Spínola;Antonio Vetro;Forrest Shull

  • A portfolio approach to technical debt management

    Yuepu Guo;Carolyn Seaman

  • Investigating and improving a COTS-based software development process

    M. Morisio;C. B. Seaman;A. T. Parra;V. R. Basili

  • Comparing four approaches for technical debt identification

    Nico Zazworka;Antonio Vetro;Clemente Izurieta;Sunny Wong

  • COTS-based software development: processes and open issues

    M. Morisio;C. B. Seaman;V. R. Basili;A. T. Parra

  • Exploring the costs of technical debt management --- a case study

    Yuepu Guo;Rodrigo Oliveira Spínola;Carolyn Seaman

  • Building empirical support for automated code smell detection

    Jan Schumacher;Nico Zazworka;Forrest Shull;Carolyn Seaman

  • Tracking technical debt — An exploratory case study

    Yuepu Guo;Carolyn Seaman;Rebeka Gomes;Antonio Cavalcanti

  • Communication and organization: an empirical study of discussion in inspection meetings

    C.B. Seaman;V.R. Basili

  • Prioritizing design debt investment opportunities

    Nico Zazworka;Carolyn Seaman;Forrest Shull

  • Using technical debt data in decision making: potential decision approaches

    Carolyn Seaman;Yuepu Guo;Clemente Izurieta;Yuanfang Cai

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor R. Basili
Victor R. Basili University of Maryland, College Park
Forrest Shull
Forrest Shull Carnegie Mellon University
Philippe Kruchten
Philippe Kruchten University of British Columbia
Jürgen Münch
Jürgen Münch Reutlingen University
Yuanfang Cai
Yuanfang Cai Drexel University
Paris Avgeriou
Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen
Lionel C. Briand
Lionel C. Briand University of Ottawa
Walter F. Tichy
Walter F. Tichy Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
David Notkin
David Notkin University of Washington
Marvin V. Zelkowitz
Marvin V. Zelkowitz University of Maryland, College Park

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