Padmal Vitharana

Research Topics

• Systems analysis and design
• Software reuse
• Software quality
• Open source
• Outsourcing
• Information systems
• Software development

• "Defect propagation at the project-level: results and a post-hoc analysis on inspection efficiency", Empirical Software Engineering, 2017
• "Enhancing Analysts’ Mental Models for Improving Requirements Elicitation: A Two-Stage Theoretical Framework and Empirical Results", Journal of AIS, 2016 (with Zahedi, M., Jain, H.)
• "A knowledge based component/service repository to enhance analysts’ domain knowledge for requirements analysis", Information & Management, 49(1), 24-35, 2012 (with Jain, H., Zahedi, F.)
• "Impact of internal open source development on reuse: Participatory reuse in action", Journal of Management Information Systems, 27(2), 277-304, 2010 (with King, J., Chapman, H.)
• "Impact of customer knowledge heterogeneity on bundling strategy", Marketing Science, 28(4), 792-801, 2009 (with Basu, A.)
• "Measuring critical factors of software quality management: Development and validation of an instrument", Information Resources Management Journal, 21(2), 18-37, 2008 (with Mone, M.)
• "Architecture & design for application agility", Information Technology and Management, 9(1), 1-3, 2008 (with Jain, H.)
• "Impact of Service-Centric Computing on Business and Education", Communications of AIS, 22, 295-310, 2008 (with Zhao, L., Gaul, M., Purao, S., Wang, H.)
• "Information Systems Outsourcing: Linking Transaction Cost and Institutional Theories", Communications of AIS, 20, 346-370, 2007 (with Dharwadkar, R.)
• "Strategy-based design of reusable business components", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews, 34(4), 460-474, 2004 (with Jain, H., Zahedi, F.)
• "Risks and challenges of component-based software development", Communications of the ACM, 46(8), 67-72, 2003
• "Knowledge-based repository scheme for storing and retrieving business components: A theoretical design and an empirical analysis", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 29(7), 649-664, 2003 (with Zahedi, F., Jain, H.)
• "Computer-mediated group support, anonymity, and the software inspection process: An empirical investigation", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 29(2), 167-180, 2003 (with Ramamurthy, K.)
• "Design, retrieval, and assembly in component-based software development", Communications of the ACM, 46(11), 97-102, 2003 (with Zahedi, F., Jain, H.)
• "An assessment model for requirements identification in component-based software development", Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 34(4), 48-63, 2003 (with Jain, H., Zahedi, F.)
• "Research issues in testing business components", Information & Management, 37(6), 297-309, 2000 (with Jain, H.)
• "Examining End Users’ Ability to Select Business Services: A Conceptual Framework and an Empirical Study", Information & Management (with Basu, A.)