CollabTools report
The document summarises the results of tool inventories performed during Merlin project.

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Tool Evaluations report
The document reviews tools developed at VTT as part of methods for designing and evaluating software architectures and how these tools can assist in different parts of the architecture design, evaluation and information sharing. Available at Merlin HandBook

Technologies for the Adaptive and Reflective Software Architectures
In this white paper, adaptability aspects, role of quality attributes, and diversity of adaptability definitions at software architecture level are discussed. Available at Merlin HandBook

Adaptability Evaluation of Software Architectures
The contribution of this white paper is Adaptability Evaluation Method (AEM) to support architecture improving and decision making for choosing among candidate architectures. Available at Merlin HandBook

2007:

Product Roadmapping in Collaboration.
T. Kynkäänniemi
Master's Thesis. VTT Publications n:o 625. VTT, Espoo. 

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Challenges in Collaboration: Tool Chain Enables Transparency Beyond Partner Borders
S. Heinonen, J. Kääriäinen, J. Takalo
In proceedings of 3rd International Conference Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications 2007, Funchal, Portugal, March 2007

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Monitoring Requirements Evolution using Views.
M. Lormans
In proceedings of CSMR'07, the 11th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2007.

Adaptability Evaluation of Software Architectures; A Case Study
P. Tarvainen
In proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive Software Systems, Beijing, China, July 2007

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Reconstructing requirements Traceability in Design and Test using Latent Semantic Indexing
M. Lormans, A. van Deursen
Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice (JSME) John Wiley & Sons 2007.

Accepted for publication:

Philips experiences of global distributed software development
R. Kommeren, P. Parviainen
Empirical Software Engineering Journal

A Survey of Existing Requirements Engineering Methods and Their Coverage
P. Parviainen, M. Tihinen
International journal of Software engineering and Knowledge engineering (IJSEKE)

Model-Driven Migration of Supervisory Machine Control Architectures
B. Graaf, S. Weber, A. van Deursen
Journal of Systems and Software

Workshop on Technology for supporting software engineers in globally distributed contexts
A. van Deursen, R. Kommeren, P. Parviainen, R. van Solingen
Workshop to be held 27th of August 2007 in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering 2007 (ICGSE2007)

2006:

Calculating Software Process Improvement's Return on Investment
R. van Solingen, D.F. Rico
Advances in Computers, Volume 66, Elsevier 2006, pp. 1-41

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Tool Support for Distributed Software Engineering
H. Spanjers, D. Bendas, B. Graaf, M. Lormans, R. van Solingen, M. ter Huurne
In proceedings of ICGSE 2006, international Conference on Global Software Engineering, Brasil, October 2006

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Practical adaptation of configuration management: Three case studies
J. Kääriäinen
Licentiate thesis. VTT Publications 605. Espoo 2006. 71 p. + app. 48 p.

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Collaborative Embedded Systems Development: Survey of State of the Practice
J. Hyysalo, P. Parviainen, M. Tihinen
In proceedings of ECBS'06, 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems, March 27-30, Germany 2006.

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How to build and sustain a measurement data management environment in a SME
M. Tihinen, J. Järvinen
In proceedings of SMEF2006. Software Measurement European Forum, Rome, Italy. 10 - 12 May, 2006. p. 225 - 236

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Introducing Tool Support for Retrospective Analysis of Release Planning Decisions
L. Karlsson, B. Regnell
In proceedings of PROFES 2006, 7th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement, June 12-14, Amsterdam 2006.

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Assessing Requirements Compliance Scenarios in System Platform Subcontracting
B. Regnell, H.O. Olsson, S. Mossberg
In proceedings of PROFES 2006, 7th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement, June 12-14, Amsterdam 2006.

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Evaluating the Practical Use of Different Measurement Scales in Requirements Priorisation
L. Karlsson, M. Hlstm B. Regnell
International Sumposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE), Brazil, 2006

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Can LSI help Reconstructing Requirements Traceability in Design and Test?
M. Lomans, A. van Deursen
In proceedings of CSMR'06, the 10th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, Bari, Italy, March 2006.

Collaboration In Software Development: Lessons Learned From Two Large Multinational Organizations
V. Mettovaara, M. Siponen, J. Lehto
10th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 6-9, 2006

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Defining Complexity Factors for the Architecture Evaluation Framework
O. Mazhelis, J.A. Lehto, J. Markkula, M. Pulkkinen
In proceedings of HICSS-39, IEEE Computer Society press 2006, Hawai, USA, January 2006

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Monitoring Requirements Coverage using Reconstructed Views: An Industrial Case Study
M. Lormans, Hans-G. Gross, A. van Deursen, R. van Solingen, A. Stehouwer
In proceedings Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, Benevento, Italy, October 2006

Requirements Management Tool Support for Software Engineering in Collaboration
S. Heinonen
Master’s Thesis. Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Oulu, 2006

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Implementing a Valuebased Approach to Software Assessment and Improvement
P. Ojala
Doctoral Thesis. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, 2006

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2005:

Integrating Security Into Agility Development Methods
M. Siponen, R. Baskerville, T. Kuivalainen
In proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference On Systems Sciences, 2005

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Migrating Supervisory Control Architerctures Using Model Transformations
B. Graaf, S. Weber, A. van Deursen
Proceedings IEEE Computer Society 2005, IEEE/IFIP Working Conference on Software Architecture(WICSA 2005), Pittsburgh, USA, November 2005

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Reengineering towards Product Lines
B. Graaf, L. O´Brien, R. Capilla
Proceedings IEEE Computer Society, Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2005), Pittsburgh, USA, November 2005

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Reconstructing Requirements Coverage Views from Design and Test using Traceability Recovery via LSI
M. Lormans, A. van Deursen
ACM digital library - ACM 2005, International Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering (TEFSE 2005), Long Beach, USA, November 2005

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Challenging global competition: tune up your product development
K. Leppälä, J. Kääriäinen, J. Takalo, P. Savolainen
VTT Working Papers 34, VTT Information Service, Espoo, Finland, 2005.

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Collaboration in Embedded System Development
V. Mettovaara
Master's thesis. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, 2005.

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On the Systematic Conformance Check of Software Artefacts
H.W. van Dijk, B. Graaf, R. Boerman
In proceedings of EWSA 2005, Second European Workshop on Software Architecture, Pisa, Italy, June 2005.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 204 - 221, Springer-Verlag, 2005.

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Evaluating an Embedded Software Reference Architecture - Industrial Experience Report
B. Graaf, H. van Dijk, A. van Deursen
In proceedings of CSMR 2005, Ninth European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, Manchester, UK, March 2005.

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Lessons learned by participants of distributed software development
S. Komi-Sirviö, M. Tihinen
Knowledge and Process Management, Volume 12, Issue 2 (April/June 2005), pp.108-122.

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Developing Innovative Information Systems Services Together with Wide Audience End-Users
J. Bragge, P. Marttiin, T. Tuunanen
In proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2005 (HICSS '05), 03-06 Jan, 2005.

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Requirements Engineering: Dealing with the Complexity of Sociotechnical Systems Development
P. Parviainen, M. Tihinen, M. Lormans, R. van Solingen
In J.L. Mate, A. Silva (eds): Requirements Engineering for Sociotechnical Systems.
Published by Idea Group Inc, 2005.

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Experiences in System Architecture Evaluation: A Communication View for Architectural Design
J.A. Lehto, P. Marttiin
In proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2005 (HICSS '05), 03-06 Jan, 2005.

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Working papers from Profes 2005 workshop on collaborative (embedded) systems development:

Heinonen, Kääriäinen, Soininen, Takalo:
Analysing tool support for embedded system engineering in collaborative development environment

Hyysalo, Parviainen, Tihinen:
Collaborative development: Industrial experiences and needs for further research

Lehto, Marttiin:
Decision-Based Requirements Engineering Process

Vierimaa:
Statement of interest - Product measurement in networked production chains

Kommeren:
Philips experiences in global distributed software development

2004:

Software Requirements Implementation and Management
J. Jäälinoja, M. Oivo
In ICSSEA '2004, 17th International Conference "Software and System Engineering and their Applications", 30 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004, Paris, France.

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Analysis of Small and Large Post-mortem Review Methods
M. Myllyaho, O. Salo, J. Kääriäinen, J. Hyysalo, J. Koskela
In ICSSEA 2004: 17th International Conference "Software & Systems Engineering and their Applications", 30 Nov - 02 Dec 2004, Paris, France.

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Experiences while Using Extreme Programming to Support the Legacy System Migration Project
J. Koskela, M. Myllyaho (University of Oulu), J. Kääriäinen, D. Bendas (University of Oulu), J. Hyysalo (University of Oulu)
In ICSSEA 2004: 17th International Conference "Software & Systems Engineering and their Applications", 30 Nov - 02 Dec 2004, Paris, France.

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On-Site Customer in an XP Project: Empirical Results from a Case Study
J. Koskela, P. Abrahamsson
In EuroSPI'04, 10-12 November 2004, Trondheim, Norway.

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Survey of the Survivability of IT Systems
P. Tarvainen
In proceedings of NORDSEC 2004, 9th Nordic Workshop on Secure IT Systems, Nov 4-5, 2004.

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