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Overview

Ita Richardson is affiliated with the University of Limerick in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the field of Computer Science, with a particular focus on Information Systems. Their research encompasses a range of interdisciplinary topics including General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, and Rehabilitation.

The primary areas of study for Richardson include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing, Music Therapy and Health, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, and Career Development and Diversity.

Richardson has a significant number of coauthors with whom they have frequently collaborated. These include:

  • Jane Walsh
  • Liam Glynn
  • Katie Crowley
  • Lisa Kelly
  • Hilary Moss

Their publications appear repeatedly in notable venues, reflecting engagement with both medical and technology-focused audiences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
  • IEEE Access
  • JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • BMJ Open

Among their recent papers are:

  • "A national survey of attitudes to COVID-19 digital contact tracing in the Republic of Ireland" (2020), published in Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
  • "What Makes Agile Software Development Agile?" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • "Blockchain-Based Identity Management Systems in Health IoT: A Systematic Review" (2022), published in IEEE Access
  • "Best Practice Guidance for Digital Contact Tracing Apps: A Cross-disciplinary Review of the Literature" (2021), published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • "Sentiment analysis of user feedback on the HSE's Covid-19 contact tracing app" (2021), published in Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

Best Publications

  • Global software development and collaboration: barriers and solutions

    John Noll;Sarah Beecham;Ita Richardson

  • Software development project success and failure from the supplier's perspective: A systematic literature review

    Paula Savolainen;Paula Savolainen;Jarmo J. Ahonen;Ita Richardson

  • Guest Editors' Introduction: Why are Small Software Organizations Different?

    Ita Richardson;Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim

  • Challenges of project management in global software development: A client-vendor analysis

    Mahmood Niazi;Mahmood Niazi;Sajjad Mahmood;Mohammad Alshayeb;Mohammed Rehan Riaz

  • A Process Framework for Global Software Engineering Teams

    Ita Richardson;Valentine Casey;Fergal Mccaffery;John Burton

  • Virtual Teams

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  • Service engineering

    Vasilios Andrikopoulos;Antonio Bucchiarone;Elisabetta Di Nitto;Raman Kazhamiakin

  • Culture in Global Software Development - A Weakness or Strength?

    Sadhana Deshpande;Ita Richardson;Valentine Casey;Sarah Beecham

  • Uncovering the reality within virtual software teams

    Valentine Casey;Ita Richardson

  • Project Management within Virtual Software Teams

    Valentine Casey;Ita Richardson

  • A national survey of attitudes to COVID-19 digital contact tracing in the Republic of Ireland.

    Michael Edmund O'Callaghan;Jim Buckley;Brian Fitzgerald;Kevin Johnson

  • Lean/Agile Software Development Methodologies in Regulated Environments – State of the Art

    Oisín Cawley;Xiaofeng Wang;Ita Richardson

  • Aligning healthcare innovation and software requirements through design thinking

    Noel Carroll;Ita Richardson

  • Problem Based Learning in the Software Engineering Classroom

    Ita Richardson;Yvonne Delaney

  • Using the Cloud to Facilitate Global Software Development Challenges

    Sajid Ibrahim Hashmi;Viktor Clerc;Maryam Razavian;Christina Manteli

  • Identification of Software Process Knowledge Management

    Bridget Meehan;Ita Richardson

  • SPI Models: What Characteristics are Required for Small Software Development Companies?

    Ita Richardson

  • Distributed development: an education perspective on the global studio project

    Ita Richardson;Allen E. Milewski;Neel Mullick;Patrick Keil

  • What Makes Agile Software Development Agile

    Marco Kuhrmann;Paolo Tell;Regina Hebig;Jil Ann Christin Klunder

  • An agile v-model for medical device software development to overcome the challenges with plan-driven software development lifecycles

    Martin McHugh;Oisin Cawley;Fergal McCaffcry;Ita Richardson

  • Key factors that influence task allocation in global software development

    Sajjad Mahmood;Sajid Anwer;Mahmood Niazi;Mohammad Alshayeb

  • Software process matrix: a small company SPI model

    Ita Richardson

  • Global Software Engineering: A Software Process Approach

    Ita Richardson;Valentine Casey;John Burton;Fergal McCaffery

Frequent Co-Authors

Bashar Nuseibeh
Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University
Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald University of Limerick
Mahmood Niazi
Mahmood Niazi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Per Runeson
Per Runeson Lund University
Pekka Abrahamsson
Pekka Abrahamsson Tampere University
Patricia Lago
Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rick Rabiser
Rick Rabiser Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Elisabetta Di Nitto
Elisabetta Di Nitto Polytechnic University of Milan
Barry Boehm
Barry Boehm University of Southern California
Athena Vakali
Athena Vakali Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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