Mahmood Niazi

According to our database, Mahmood Niazi authored at least 106 papers between 1993 and 2025.

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2025

What goes wrong during phishing education? A probe into a game-based assessment with unfavorable results.

Affan Yasin, Rubia Fatima, Lijie Wen, Jiangbin Zheng, Mahmood Niazi

Entertain. Comput., 2025

2024

Advancing database security: a comprehensive systematic mapping study of potential challenges.

Asif Iqbal, Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Mamoona Humayun, Najm Us Sama, Arif Ali Khan, Aakash Ahmad

Wirel. Networks, October, 2024

Agile meets quantum: a novel genetic algorithm model for predicting the success of quantum software development project.

Arif Ali Khan, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Valtteri Lahtinen, Marko Paavola, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammed Naif Alatawi, Shoayee Dlaim Alotaibi

Autom. Softw. Eng., June, 2024

Maturity model for secure software testing.

Gulzar Alam, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Niazi, Saad Zafar

J. Softw. Evol. Process., May, 2024

Organizations' readiness for insider attacks: A process-oriented approach.

Azzah A. Alghamdi, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood

Softw. Pract. Exp., 2024

Challenges in Developing Secure Software within Agile Environments.

Reem Alshareef, Esra'a Alshabeeb, Noor Alakkas, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2024

The Security Culture Readiness Model (SCRM) for Saudi Universities: A Preliminary Structure.

Mona Albinali, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2024

2023

AI Ethics: An Empirical Study on the Views of Practitioners and Lawmakers.

Arif Ali Khan, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Mahdi Fahmideh, Peng Liang, Muhammad Waseem, Aakash Ahmad, Mahmood Niazi, Pekka Abrahamsson

IEEE Trans. Comput. Soc. Syst., December, 2023

Towards a successful secure software acquisition.

Faisal Alnaseef, Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Irfan Ahmad

Inf. Softw. Technol., December, 2023

Toward a readiness model for secure software coding.

Mamoona Humayun, Mahmood Niazi, Noor Zaman Jhanjhi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb

Softw. Pract. Exp., April, 2023

Toward Successful Secure Software Deployment: An Empirical Study.

Azzah A. Alghamdi, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2023

2022

Introduction to the special issue on managing software processes using soft computing techniques.

Arif Ali Khan, Pekka Abrahamsson, Mahmood Niazi

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2022

AI Ethics: Software Practitioners and Lawmakers Points of View.

Arif Ali Khan, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Muhammad Waseem, Mahdi Fahmideh, Aakash Ahmad, Peng Liang, Mahmood Niazi, Pekka Abrahamsson

CoRR, 2022

Embracing iterations in Quantum software: a vision.

Arif Ali Khan, Mahdi Fahmideh, Aakash Ahmad, Muhammad Waseem, Mahmood Niazi, Valtteri Lahtinen, Tommi Mikkonen

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Quantum Programming for Software Engineering, 2022

Ethics of AI: A Systematic Literature Review of Principles and Challenges.

Arif Ali Khan, Sher Badshah, Peng Liang, Muhammad Waseem, Bilal Khan, Aakash Ahmad, Mahdi Fahmideh, Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Azeem Akbar

Proceedings of the EASE 2022: The International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering 2022, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 13, 2022

Challenges of Secure Software Deployment: An Empirical Study.

Azzah A. Alghamdi, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the EASE 2022: The International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering 2022, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 13, 2022

2021

Ethics of AI: A Systematic Literature Review of Principles and Challenges.

Arif Ali Khan, Sher Badshah, Peng Liang, Bilal Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Azeem Akbar

CoRR, 2021

Empirical Investigation of Critical Requirements Engineering Practices for Global Software Development.

Habib Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Mohamed El-Attar, Naveed Ikram, Siffat Ullah Khan, Asif Qumer Gill

IEEE Access, 2021

2020

GLOB: A global project management readiness framework.

Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2020

Towards the implementation of requirements management specific practices (SP 1.1 and SP 1.2) for small- and medium-sized software development organisations.

Ismail Mohamed Keshta, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb

IET Softw., 2020

A maturity model for secure requirements engineering.

Mahmood Niazi, Ashraf Mohammed Saeed, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Saad Zafar

Comput. Secur., 2020

ISA Evaluation Framework for Security of Internet of Health Things System Using AHP-TOPSIS Methods.

Lanjing Wang, Yasir Ali, Shah Nazir, Mahmood Niazi

IEEE Access, 2020

Improving the Security of UML Sequence Diagram Using Genetic Algorithm.

Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Haris Mumtaz, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi

IEEE Access, 2020

A Maturity Model for Secure Software Design: A Multivocal Study.

Hassan Al-Matouq, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Niazi

IEEE Access, 2020

Adaptive Architecture and Principles for Securing the IoT Systems.

Asif Qumer Gill, Ghassan Beydoun, Mahmood Niazi, Habib Ullah Khan

Proceedings of the Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, 2020

2019

A survey on UML model smells detection techniques for software refactoring.

Haris Mumtaz, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2019

GSEPIM: A roadmap for software process assessment and improvement in the domain of global software development.

Arif Ali Khan, Jacky Keung, Mahmood Niazi, Shahid Hussain, Mohammad Shameem

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2019

A measurement framework for software product maturity assessment.

Ahmad Abdellatif, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sami Zahran, Mahmood Niazi

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2019

Package-Level stability evaluation of object-oriented systems.

Jawad Javed Akbar Baig, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Niazi

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2019

2018

Empirical research in requirements engineering: trends and opportunities.

Talat Ambreen, Naveed Ikram, Muhammad Usman, Mahmood Niazi

Requir. Eng., 2018

Scaling for agility: A reference model for hybrid traditional-agile software development methodologies.

Asif Qumer Gill, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Mahmood Niazi

Inf. Syst. Frontiers, 2018

An empirical study to improve software security through the application of code refactoring.

Haris Mumtaz, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2018

Systematic literature study for dimensional classification of success factors affecting process improvement in global software development: client-vendor perspective.

Arif Ali Khan, Jacky Keung, Shahid Hussain, Mahmood Niazi, Suzanne Kieffer

IET Softw., 2018

A Readiness Model for Security Requirements Engineering.

Yusuf Mufti, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood

IEEE Access, 2018

Towards Implementation of Process and Product Quality Assurance Process Area for Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Sized Software Development Organizations.

Ismail Mohamed Keshta, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb

IEEE Access, 2018

2017

Motivators for adopting social computing in global software development: An empirical study.

Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Abdulrahman Ahmed Bobakr Baqais, Asif Qumer Gill

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2017

Key factors that influence task allocation in global software development.

Sajjad Mahmood, Sajid Anwer, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Ita Richardson

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2017

Systematic literature review and empirical investigation of barriers to process improvement in global software development: Client-vendor perspective.

Arif Ali Khan, Jacky Keung, Mahmood Niazi, Shahid Hussain, Awais Ahmad

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2017

Exploring software security approaches in software development lifecycle: A systematic mapping study.

Nabil M. Mohammed, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood

Comput. Stand. Interfaces, 2017

Towards Implementation of Requirements Management Specific Practices (SP1.3 and SP1.4) for Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Sized Software Development Organizations.

Ismail Mohamed Keshta, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb

IEEE Access, 2017

Towards a hypothetical framework of humans related success factors for process improvement in global software development: systematic review.

Arif Ali Khan, Jacky W. Keung, Mahmood Niazi, Shahid Hussain

Proceedings of the Symposium on Applied Computing, 2017

Systematic Literature Reviews of Software Process Improvement: A Tertiary Study.

Arif Ali Khan, Jacky Keung, Mahmood Niazi, Shahid Hussain, He Zhang

Proceedings of the Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, 2017

2016

Software SMEs' unofficial readiness for CMMI®-based software process improvement.

Javed Iqbal, Rodina Binti Ahmad, Mohd Hairul Nizam Md. Nasir, Mahmood Niazi, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Muhammad Asim Noor

Softw. Qual. J., 2016

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

Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mohammed Rehan Riaz, Kanaan Faisal, Narciso Cerpa, Siffat Ullah Khan, Ita Richardson

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2016

2015

A comparative study of software process improvement implementation success factors.

Mahmood Niazi

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2015

Empirical investigation of the challenges of the existing tools used in global software development projects.

Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Ayman Hroub

IET Softw., 2015

Teaching global software engineering: experiences and lessons learned.

Mahmood Niazi

IET Softw., 2015

Evaluating PEVNET: A Framework for Visualization of Criminal Networks.

Amer Rasheed, Uffe Kock Wiil, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Social Networks Research, 2015

Identifying the factors that influence task allocation in global software development: preliminary results.

Sajjad Mahmood, Sajid Anwer, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Ita Richardson

Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2015

2014

Risks and risk mitigation in global software development: A tertiary study.

June M. Verner, O. Pearl Brereton, Barbara A. Kitchenham, Mahmood Turner, Mahmood Niazi

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2014

What makes service oriented requirements engineering challenging? a qualitative study.

Muneera Bano, Didar Zowghi, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Niazi

IET Softw., 2014

2013

Editorial.

Mahmood Niazi, Naveed Ikram, Asif Qumer Gill, Mohammed Rafi Ul Hassan

IET Softw., 2013

Establishing trust in offshore software outsourcing relationships: an exploratory study using a systematic literature review.

Mahmood Niazi, Naveed Ikram, Muneera Bano, Salma Imtiaz, Siffat Ullah Khan

IET Softw., 2013

A tertiary study: experiences of conducting systematic literature reviews in software engineering.

Salma Imtiaz, Muneera Bano, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2013

2012

An exploratory study of software process improvement implementation risks.

Mahmood Niazi

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2012

Empirical investigation of success factors for offshore software development outsourcing vendors.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

IET Softw., 2012

Are Use Case Modeling Features Underutilized? - A Lightweight Survey that Raises Concerns.

Mohamed El-Attar, Khaldoun Halawani, Moustafa Alsaleh, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the ENASE 2012, 2012

Systematic literature reviews in global software development: A tertiary study.

June M. Verner, O. Pearl Brereton, Barbara A. Kitchenham, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering, 2012

GlobReq: A framework for improving requirements engineering in global software development projects: Preliminary results.

Mahmood Niazi, Mohamed El-Attar, Muhammad Usman, Naveed Ikram

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering, 2012

Causes of requirement change - A systematic literature review.

Muneera Bano, Salma Imtiaz, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Usman

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering, 2012

2011

Factors influencing clients in the selection of offshore software outsourcing vendors: An exploratory study using a systematic literature review.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

J. Syst. Softw., 2011

Guest Editorial: Special section on the selected papers from 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2010).

Mahmood Niazi, Mark Turner

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2011

Barriers in the selection of offshore software development outsourcing vendors: An exploratory study using a systematic literature review.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2011

Cloud computing adoption assessment model (CAAM).

Usman Nasir, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Product Focused Software Development and Process Improvement, Profes '11, Torre Canne, Brindisi, Italy, June 20-22, 2011, 2011

2010

Software Process Improvement barriers: A cross-cultural comparison.

Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar, June M. Verner

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2010

Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study.

Barbara A. Kitchenham, Rialette Pretorius, David Budgen, Pearl Brereton, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi, Stephen G. Linkman

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2010

Refining the systematic literature review process - two participant-observer case studies.

Barbara A. Kitchenham, Pearl Brereton, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi, Stephen G. Linkman, Rialette Pretorius, David Budgen

Empir. Softw. Eng., 2010

Two case studies on small enterprise motivation and readiness for CMMI.

Mark Staples, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Product Focused Software, 2010

Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: An Empirical Study.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2010

A preliminary structure of software outsourcing vendors' readiness model.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Product Focused Software, 2010

Thesis proposal on "Requirement Engineering Process for Service Oriented Software Development".

Muneera Bano, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Product Focused Software, 2010

Software Development Outsourcing Relationships Trust: A Systematic Literature Review Protocol.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Naveed Ikram

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2010

2009

Identifying high perceived value practices of CMMI level 2: An empirical study.

Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2009

Empirical study of Sommerville and Sawyer's requirements engineering practices.

Karl Cox, Mahmood Niazi, June M. Verner

IET Softw., 2009

Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A Systematic Literature Review.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, 2009

The impact of limited search procedures for systematic literature reviews A participant-observer case study.

Barbara A. Kitchenham, Pearl Brereton, Mark Turner, Mahmood Niazi, Stephen G. Linkman, Rialette Pretorius, David Budgen

Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2009

Critical Barriers for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A Systematic Literature Review.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

Proceedings of the 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, 2009

2008

A measurement framework for assessing the maturity of requirements engineering process.

Mahmood Niazi, Karl Cox, June M. Verner

Softw. Qual. J., 2008

Demotivators of software process improvement: an empirical investigation.

Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar, Nolin Mark Katugampola

Softw. Process. Improv. Pract., 2008

Systematic review of organizational motivations for adopting CMM-based SPI.

Mark Staples, Mahmood Niazi

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2008

A Model for Requirements Change Management: Implementation of CMMI Level 2 Specific Practice.

Mahmood Niazi, Charles Hickman, Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Ali Babar

Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2008

An Empirical Study Identifying High Perceived Value Practices of CMMI Level 2.

Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar, Suhaimi Ibrahim

Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2008

A Readiness Model for Software Development Outsourcing Vendors.

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, 2008

Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views.

Muhammad Ali Babar, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, 2008

2007

An exploratory study of why organizations do not adopt CMMI.

Mark Staples, Mahmood Niazi, D. Ross Jeffery, Alan Abrahams, Paul Byatt, Russell Murphy

J. Syst. Softw., 2007

Experiences using systematic review guidelines.

Mark Staples, Mahmood Niazi

J. Syst. Softw., 2007

Organisational Readiness and Software Process Improvement.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2007

De-motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views.

Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar

Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2007

Motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views.

Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2007

2006

Critical success factors for software process improvement implementation: an empirical study.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

Softw. Process. Improv. Pract., 2006

Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An Empirical Study.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2006

Software Process Improvement: A Road to Success.

Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2006

2005

A framework for assisting the design of effective software process improvement implementation strategies.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

J. Syst. Softw., 2005

A maturity model for the implementation of software process improvement: an empirical study.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

J. Syst. Softw., 2005

An Empirical Study for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process.

Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'2005), 2005

Assessing a Framework of Comparing Architecture Review Methods Using CMMI.

Muhammad Ali Babar, Mahmood Niazi, D. Ross Jeffery

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'2005), 2005

An Instrument for Measuring the Maturity of Requirements Engineering Process.

Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the Product Focused Software Process Improvement, 2005

2004

A framework for assisting the design of effective implementation strategies for software process improvement

Mahmood Niazi

PhD thesis, 2004

A Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: An Empirical Study.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi, Bernard Wong

Proceedings of the Product Focused Software Process Improvement, 2004

Critical barriers for software process improvement implementation: An empirical study.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, 2004

2003

A Maturity Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson

Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, 2003

Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process.

Mahmood Niazi, Sudha Shastry

Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, 2003

A Framework for Guiding the Design of Effective Implementation Strategies for Software Process Improvement.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'2003), 2003

A model for the implementation of software process improvement: A pilot study.

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2003), 2003

2002

Improving the Requirements Engineering Process: a process oriented approach.

Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 2002

1993

Computer-Aided VSS Control Validation for a Rotating Flexible Link Manipulator Using ANSYS.

Mahmood Niazi, Bruce Walcott

Simul., 1993