Selected Papers

(for a complete list of publications and presentations, see Vita pdf)

Global Development
Open Source
Defect Occurrence Prediction
Coordination
Software Process

Global Development

Mullick, N., Bass, M., Houda, Z., Sangwan, R., Paulish, D., Cataldo, M., Herbsleb, J., & Bass, L. (In press). Siemens Global Studio Project: Experiences adopting an integrated GSD infrastructure. To appear in Proceedings, International Conference on Global Software Engineering. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J., Paulish, D.J., & Bass, M. (2005). Global software development at Siemens: Experience from nine projects. International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), St. Louis, MO, May 15-21, pp. 524-533. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J.D. & Mockus, A. (2003). An empirical study of speed and communication in globally-distributed software development. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 29, 3, 1-14. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J.D., Mockus, A., Finholt, T.A., & Grinter, R.E. (2001). An empirical study of global software development: Distance and speed. In Proceedings, International Conference on Software Engineering, Toronto, Canada, May 15-18, pp. 81-90. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J.D., & Moitra, D. (2001). Global software development. IEEE Software, March/April, 16-20. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J.D., Mockus, A., Finholt, T.A., & Grinter, R.E. (2000). Distance, dependencies, and delay in a global collaboration. In Proceedings, ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 2-7, pp. 319-328. (abstract) (download pdf)

Open Source

Gurbani, V.K., Garvert, A., & Herbsleb, J.D. (2006). A Case study of a corporate open source development model. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering, Shanghai, China, May 20-25, pp. 472-481. (abstract) (download pdf)

Wagstrom, P., Herbsleb, J., & Carley, K. (2005). A Social network approach to free/open source software simulation. In Proceedings, First International Conference on Open Source Systems, Genoa, Italy, July 11-15. (abstract) (download pdf)

Mockus, A., Fielding, R., & Herbsleb, J.D. (2002). Two case studies of open source software development: Apache and Mozilla. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 11, 3, pp. 309-346. (abstract) (download pdf)

Mockus, A., Fielding, R.T., & Herbsleb, J. (2000). A case study of open source software development: The Apache server. In Proceedings, International Conference on Software Engineering, Limerick Ireland, June 5-7, pp. 263-272. (abstract) (download pdf)

Defect Occurrence Prediction

Li, P.L., Herbsleb, J., Shaw, M., & Robinson, B. (2006). Experiences and results from initiating field defect prediction and product test prioritization efforts at ABB Inc. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering, Shanghai, China, May 20-25, pp. 413-423. (abstract) (download pdf)

Li, P.L, Herbsleb, J., & Shaw, M. (2005). Forecasting field defect rates using a combined time-based and metrics-based approach: A case study of OpenBSD. In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering. (abstract) (download pdf)

Li, P. L., Herbsleb, J., & Shaw, M. (2005). Finding predictors of field defects for open source software systems in commonly available data sources: A case study of OpenBSD. In Proceedings, IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium, 19-22 September, Como, Italy. (abstract) (download pdf)

Li, P., Shaw, M., Herbsleb J., Ray, B., & Santhanam, P. (2004). Empirical evaluation of defect projection models for widely-deployed production software systems. In Proceedings, ACM Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering. (abstract) (download pdf)

Coordination

Cataldo, M., Wagstrom, P., Herbsleb, J.D., & Carley, K. (In press). Identification of coordination requirements: Implications for the design of collaboration and awareness tools. To appear in Proceedings, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. (abstract) (download draft pdf)

Herbsleb, J.D., & Mockus, A. (2003). Formulation and preliminary test of an empirical theory of coordination in software engineering. In Proceedings, European Software Engineering Conference and ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Helsinki, Finland, September 1-5, pp. 112-121. (abstract) (download pdf)

Espinosa, J. A., Kraut, R.E., Slaughter, S. A., Lerch, J. F., Herbsleb, J. D., & Mockus, A. (2002). Shared mental models, familiarity, and coordination: A multi-method study of distributed software teams. International Conference in Information Systems, Barcelona, Spain, December 15-18, pp. 425-433. (abstract) (download pdf)

Handel, M. & Herbsleb, J.D. (2002). What is Chat doing in the workplace? Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), New Orleans, LA, pp. 1-10. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J.D., Atkins, D.L., Boyer, D.G., Handel, M., & Finholt, T.A. (2002). Introducing Instant Messaging and Chat into the workplace. In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, Minneapolis, MN, April 20-25, pp. 171-178. (abstract) (download pdf)

Mockus, A., & Herbsleb, J.D. (2002). Expertise Browser: A quantitative approach to identifying expertise. In Proceedings of International Conference on Software Engineering, Orlando, FL, May 19-25, pp. 503-512. (abstract) (download pdf)

Colbert, R. O., Compton, D. S., Hackbarth, R. L., Herbsleb, J. D., Hoadley, L. A., & Wills, G. J. (2001). Advanced services: Changing how we communicate. Bell Labs Technical Journal, 6(1), Jan.-Jun., 211-228. (abstract) (download pdf)

Espinosa, J. A., Kraut, R.E., Slaughter, S. A., Lerch, J. F., Herbsleb, J. D., & Mockus, A. (2001). Shared mental models and coordination in large-scale, distributed software development. In Proceedings, International Conference in Information Systems, New Orleans, LA, December 16- 19. (abstract) (download pdf)

Godefroid, P., Herbsleb, J.D., Jagadeesan, L.J., & Li, D. (2000). Ensuring privacy in presence awareness systems: An automated verification approach. In Proceedings, ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 2-7, pp. 59-68. (abstract) (download pdf)

Grinter, R.E., Herbsleb, J.D., & Perry, D.E. (1999). The geography of coordination: Dealing with distance in R&D work. In Proceedings, ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP 99), Phoenix, AZ, November 14-17, pp. 306-315. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J. D. (1999). Metaphorical representation in collaborative software engineering. In Proceedings, International Joint Conference on Work Activities, Coordination, and Collaboration, San Francisco, CA, February 22-25, pp. 117-125. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J. D., & Grinter, R. E. (1999). Architectures, coordination, and distance: Conway's Law and beyond. IEEE Software, Sept/Oct 1999, 63-70. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J. D., & Grinter, R. E. (1999). Splitting the organization and integrating the code: Conway's Law revisited. In Proceedings, International Conference on Software Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, May 16-22, pp. 85-95. (abstract) (download pdf)

Herbsleb, J. D., Klein, H., Olson, G. M., Brunner, H., Olson, J. S., & Harding, J. (1995). Object-oriented analysis and design in software project teams. Human Computer Interaction, 10, 249-292. (abstract) download (pdf)

Software Process

Herbsleb, J. D., Zubrow, D., Goldenson, D., Hayes, W., & Paulk, M. (1997). Software quality and the capability maturity model. Communications of the ACM, 40, 30-40. (abstract) (download pdf)