Prof Helen Sharp

Professor of Software Engineering

I conduct research in software practice, focusing on human and social aspects of software development and drawing on methods and theories from a range of disciplines both inside and outside software engineering. I have served on several editorial boards including TSE, EMSE and JSS, and currently am on the Advisory Board for IEEE Software. I am joint author of one of the leading HCI textbooks, Interaction Design (id-book.com), now in its 5th edition.

Keywords

agile empirical UX

Publications

Rzevski, George , Sharp, Helen, Petre, Marian and Buckland, Rodney(1997). Intelligent Support for Conceptual Design: A flow modeling approach. Technical Report 1997/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Sharp, Helen C., Hovenden, Fiona M. and Woodman, Mark ,(1998). Factors affecting the adoption of software. Technical Report 1998/17; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Sharp, Helen C. and Griffyth, Jacqui(1998). Acquiring Object Technology Concepts: The role of previous software development experience. Technical Report 1998/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Sharp, Helen, Robinson, Hugh and Segal, Judith (2004). Customer collaboration: successes and challenges in practice. Report of an activity session held at XP 2003. Technical Report 2004/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Haley, Debra T. , Nuseibeh, Bashar, Sharp, Helen C. and Taylor, Josie T. (2004). Managing Requirements for Mobile Learning. Technical Report 2004/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Beecham, Sarah, Baddoo, Nathan, Hall, Tracy,Robinson, Hugh and Sharp, Helen(2006). Protocol for a Systematic Literature Review of Motivation in Software Engineering. Technical Report 2006/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Hall, Tracy, Baddoo, Nathan, Beecham, Sarah , Robinson, Hugh and Sharp, Helen(2007). The Motivation of Software Engineers: Developing a Rigorous and Usable Model. Technical Report 2007/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Abdelnour-Nocera, Jose and Sharp, Helen(2007). Adopting Agile in a large organization: balancing the old with the new. Technical Report 2007/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Sharp, Helen, Hall, Tracy,Baddoo, Nathan and Beecham, Sarah (2007). Exploring Motivational Differences between Software Developers and Project Managers. Technical Report 2007/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Barroca, Leonor, Sharp, Helen, Deshpande, Advait , Gregory, Peggy and Papadeas, Stavros ,(2023). Sustaining Agility: Organizational Change, Factors and Theoretical Lenses. In: Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming (Stettina, C.J.; Garbajosa, J. and Kruchten, P. eds.), Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Springer, Cham, pp. 115–131.

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