by Jordi Cabot | Jan 11, 2026 | Community, Process, research
Now that we see an explosion in the number of software projects being launched every day, it’s more important than ever to clarify who did what on the project. At all levels (coding, testing, user validation…). And not only clarifying whether the author...
by Jordi Cabot | Dec 1, 2025 | Community, Process
For a successful collaboration, we need to know the rules of the game. And when agents and humans collaborate, these rules need to be explicit, we cannot rely on some type of implicit understanding based on social rules known by the “players” and (some)...
by Jordi Cabot | Dec 28, 2023 | AI, Process
In a recent exploration of AI’s impact on the role of software consultants (see below), I highlighted the need for a clear AI policy within your company, even if you are not currently planning to adopt AI assistants in your software development lifecycle. There...
by Jordi Cabot | Jan 25, 2022 | Community, Process
There are many strategies to fund open source software development. None of them is a silver bullet. Indeed, OSS sustainability is still a major concern. And WordPress has an original approach to this challenge, called Five for the future. In short, Five for the...
by Noel Carroll | Mar 27, 2019 | Community, Process, research
Open Source software (OSS) has been highly prevalent in both practice and research. Given the value and effectiveness of OSS development to date, practitioners are keen to replicate these practices inside their respective corporations. This application of OSS...
by Jordi Cabot | Jan 4, 2019 | Process, AI
There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence is going to change the way we develop software. Some go as far as saying that AI will replace software development: software will be written in neural network weights with no human involvement. I don’t know about...
