David Wilson's Research Activities and Publications

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Associate Professor DAVID WILSON has teaching and research interests in software quality assurance, software process improvement, project management and information systems management.

His research collaboration with Dr. Tracy Hall of the Department of Computer Science at University of Hertfordshire spans 10 years. This research focuses on identifying practitioners' attitudes towards software quality and process improvement, determining how these attitudes affect behaviour within the quality process, and establishing how that behaviour affects software quality and process improvement. The overall aim is to develop generic strategies and guidelines that organisations can use to improve software quality and software processes by more effectively managing software practitioners within the quality improvement process. Further information is available at http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~pppgroup/

His research collaboration with Professor David Avison of ESSEC in France spans over 10 years. This research focuses on information systems management issues, particularly the people and cultural aspects of information technology failure.

Books/Contributions to Books

09/03 Joint editor of the Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society International Symposium on Software Metrics (METRICS 2003) held in Sydney, 3-5 September 2003

08/02 Joint editor of the Proceedings of the IFIP WG8.6 Conference 'The Adoption and Diffusion of IT in an Environment of Critical Change' held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Coogee Beach, 1-3 August 2002

06/94 - 12/99 Editor of the Australian Computer Journal

10/97 Joint editor of the Proceedings of the 9th annual Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) held at UNSW, 29 September - 2 October 1998

10/97 Editor of the Proceedings of the Software Quality Conference held at Manly Pacific Parkroyal, 20/21 October 1997

04/95 - 06/97 Guest Editor for one of the volumes in a series of books on Software Quality Assurance to be published by Computational Mechanics in 1998

01/90 - 06/94 Associate Editor of the Australian Computer Journal

Publications

(i) Refereed Journal Articles :-

• Niazi, M., Wilson, D. N. and Zowghi, D. (2005): "A Framework for Assisting the Design of Effective Software Process Improvement Implementation Strategies", accepted for publication in the Journal of Systems and Software (JSS).

  • Niazi, M., Wilson, D. N. and Zowghi, D. (2005): "A Maturity Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: An Empirical Study", Journal of Systems and Software, 74 (2), pp155-172.

  • Avison, D., Jones, J., Powell, P. and Wilson, D. N. (2004): "Using and Validating the Strategic Alignment Model", Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 13 (3), pp. 223-246.

  • Hyde, K. and Wilson, D. N. (2004): "Intangible Benefits of CMM-based Software Process Improvement", Software Process Improvement and Practice, 9, pp. 217-228.

  • Atkinson, C., Avison, D. and Wilson, D. N. (2003): "Images of Information Systems Development in the Practice of Architecture", Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 12, Article 18.
  url: http://cais.isworld.org/articles

  • Avison, D., Atkinson, C. and Wilson, D. N. (2003): "Architectural Images of Computer-Based Information Systems Development", Information and Software Technology, 45, pp289-291.

  • Avison, D. and Wilson, D. N. (2001): "A Viewpoint on Software Engineering and Information Systems: what we can learn from the construction industry?", Information and Software Technology, 43, pp 795-799.

  • Wilson, D. N., Hall, T. and Baddoo, N. (2001): "A Framework for Evaluation and Prediction of Software Process Improvement Success", Journal of Systems and Software, 59, December, pp 135-142.

  • Wilson, D. N. and Hall, T. (1998): “Perceptions of Software Quality: A Pilot Study”. Software Quality Journal, 7 (1), March, pp 67-75.

  • Hall, T. and Wilson D. N. (1997): "Views of Software Quality: A Field Report", IEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 144 (2), April, pp 111-118.

  • Wilson, D. N.. Petocz, Dr. P. and Roiter, K. (1996): "Software Quality Assurance in Practice", Software Quality Journal, 5, June, pp 53-59.

  • Avison, D. E., Shah, H. U. and Wilson, D. N. (1994): "Software Quality Standards in Practice: The Limitations of Using ISO9001 to Support Software Development", Software Quality Journal, 3, pp 105-111.

  • Chmiel, W. F. & Wilson, D. N. (1993): "Software Quality Assurance: Now is the time, Australia", Australian Computer Journal, 25. (3), August, pp 94-97.

  • Avison, D. E. & Wilson, D. N. (1991): "Controls for Effective Prototyping", Journal of Management Systems, 3, (1), pp 33-45.

  • Wilson, D. N. & Sifer, M. J. (1990): "Structured Planning : Deriving Project Views", Software Engineering Journal, 5, (2), March, pp 138-148.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1989): "Computer-Aided Software Engineering : Guidelines for Success", Information Software and Technology, 31, (7), September, pp 346-350.

  • Wilson, D. N. & Sifer, M. J. (1988): "Structured Planning : Project Views", Software Engineering Journal, July, pp 134 -140. Reprinted in Reifer, D. (ed): "Software Management", IEEE Computer Society Press, 4th edition, 1992, pp 187-193.
  

• • Baddoo N., Hall T. and Wilson D. (2004): "Agile Methods and Motivation: A Position Paper", Proceedings of the Annual British Academy of Management Conference (BAM2004), St. Andrews, Scotland, 30 August - 1 September 2004.

  • Avison, D. and Wilson, D. N. (2004): "Information Systems Failure Explained Through the Lens of the Cultural Web”, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS2004), Porto, 14-17 April.

  • Niazi, M., Wilson, D. N., Zowghi, D. Wong, B. (2004): "A model for the implementation of software process improvement: An empirical study", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (Profes2004), Japan, 5-8 April, pp1-16.

  • Wong Y.K. and Wilson D. (2004) “An Empirical Investigation of the Important Relationship between Software Review Meetings Process and Outcomes”, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, Innsbruck, 17-19 February.

  • Niazi, M., Wilson, D. N. and Zowghi, D. (2004): "Critical Barriers for SPI Implementation: An Empirical Study", Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering (SE 2004), Austria, 16-19 February.

  • Wong Y. K., Yuquan Shi and Wilson D. N. (2004): “Experience, Gender Composition, Social Presence, Decision Process Satisfaction and Group Performance”, Proceedings of The Winter International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, ACM Publisher, Cancun, 5-9 January.

  • Wong Y.K. and Wilson D. N. (2004): “Does Task Training Really Affect Group Performance?", Proceedings of the Winter International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, ACM Publisher, Cancun, 5-9 January.

  • Wong Y. K. and Wilson D. N. (2003): “Exploring the Relationship between Experience and Group Performance in Software Review”, Proceedings of the 10th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, IEEE Publisher, Chiang Mai, 10-12 December.

  • Wong Y.K. and Wilson D. N. (2003): “An Empirical Investigation of Experience and Software Review Performance”, Proceedings of The 16th International Conference Software & Systems Engineering and their Applications, Paris, 2-4 December.

  • Niazi, M., Wilson, D. N. and Zowghi, D. (2003): "Critical Success Factors and Critical Barriers for Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Literature", Proceedings of Australasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS2003, Perth, Australia, 26-28 November.

  • Niazi, M., Wilson, D. N. and Zowghi, D. (2003): "A Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: A Pilot Study", Proceedings of International Conference on Software Quality (QSIC2003), Dallas, Texas, USA, 6-7 November, pp196-203.

  • Wong Y. K. and Wilson D. N. (2003): “Do Individuals' Experience and Task Training Really Affect Software Review Performance?”, Proceedings of The 7th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, ACTA Press Publisher, Maria Del Ray, Los Angeles, 3-5 November (nominated best paper award).

  • Niazi, M., Wilson, D. N. and Zowghi, D. (2003): "A Framework for the Guidance of Designing Effective Implementation Strategies for Software Process Improvement", International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE2003), 1-3 July, pp 366-371.

  • Niazi, M. and Wilson, D. N. (2003): "A Maturity Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement", International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP 2003), 23-26 June, pp 650-655.

  • Avison, D., Wilson, D. N. & Hunt, S. (2003): "An IT Failure and a Company Failure: A Case Study in Telecommunications", 8th Congress of Association for Information Management, Grenoble, May.

  • Scott, G.. & Wilson, D. N. (2002): "Tracking and Profiling Successful IT Graduates: An Exploratory Study" in Wenn, A., McGrath, M. & Burstein, F. (eds): "Enabling Organisations and Society through Information Systems" (Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, 4-6 December), pp 1185-1195.

  • Avison, D. & Wilson, D. N. (2002): “IT Failure and the Collapse of One.Tel” in Traunmuller, R. (ed.): Proceedings of the IFIP 17th World Computer Congress, Montreal, 25-30 August, TC8 Stream “Information Systems: The e-Business Challenge”, Kluwer, pp31-46.

  • Rainer, A., Hall, T., Baddoo, N. and Wilson, D. (2001), "An Overview of the Practitioners, Processes and Products Project", Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference of UKAIS, Portsmouth, 18-20 April.

  • Baddoo, N., Hall, T. and Wilson, D. (2000), "Implementing A People Focused SPI Programme" in Maxwell, K., Kusters, R., van Veenendaal, E. and Cowderoy, A. (eds): "Project Control: The Human Factor", Shaker (Proceedings Of The 11th European Software Control And Metrics Conference, Munich, 18-20 April), pp 373-381.

  • Wilson, D., Hall, T. and Baddoo, N. (2000), "The Software Process Improvement Paradox” in Chadwick, D., Hawkins, C., King, G., Ross, M., & Staples, G. (eds): "Software Quality Management VIII: Approaches to Quality Management", British Computer Society (Proceedings of SQM2000 Conference, Greenwich, April 2000), pp 97-106.

  • Hall, T., N. Baddoo and Wilson D. (2000). "Measurement in software process improvement programmes: an empirical study" in Dumke, R. and Abran, A. (eds): "New Approaches in Software Measurement", Springer (Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Software Measurement, Berlin, Germany 4-6 October), pp 73-81.

  • Hall, T., D. Wilson and Baddoo, N. (2000). "Towards Implementing Successful Software Inspections" in Gray, J. and Croll, P. (eds): "Proceeedings of the International Conference On Software Methods And Tools", IEEE Computer Society (Wollongong, Australia 6-10 November), pp127-136.

  • Hall, T., N. Baddoo, Wilson, D. and Rainer, A. (2000). "Optimising Software Measurement Programmes Using Practitioner Input" in Berry, M. (ed): "Measurement, Metrics and Management", Software Engineering Australia (Proceedings of the Australian Conference On Software Measurement, Sydney, Australia 1-3 November), pp 17-29.

  • Harrison, J. and Wilson, D. N. (1999): “Project Manager Skills for Project Success” in Hawkins, C., King, G., Ross, M., & Staples, G. (eds): "Software Quality Management VII: Managing Quality", British Computer Society (Proceedings of SQM99 Conference, Southampton, 29-31 March 1999), pp 79-86.

  • Kilambi, A., Johnson, C. S. and Wilson, D. N. (1998): “Australian Experience with Post-Implementation Reviews” in Edmundson, R. & Wilson, D. N. (eds): “Proceedings of the Ninth Australasian Conference on Information Systems”, UNSW, 29 September to 2 October 1998, pp 323-336.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1998): “Motivating the Development of Intellectual Capital” in Hawkins, C., Ross, M., Staples, G. & Tompson, J. B. (eds): “INSPIRE III Process Improvement Through Training and Education”, The British Computer Society (Proceedings of INSPIRE 98, London, 10-11 September 1998), pp 100-106.

  • Lau, J. and Wilson, D. N. (1998): “Experience with Software Quality/Usability Metrics” in Hawkins, C., Ross, M., & Staples, G. (eds): "Software Quality Management VI: Quality Improvement Issues", Springer (Proceedings of SQM98 Conference, Amsterdam, 6-8 April 1998), pp 53-69.
  
  • Hall, T. and Wilson, D. N. (1997): "The Real State of Software Quality – Practitioner's Experiences" in Hawkins, C., Ross, M., & Staples, G. (eds): "Software Quality Management V: The Quality Challenge", Mechanical Engineering Publications (Proceedings of SQM97 Conference, Bath, 24-26 March 1997), pp 179-191.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1997): "Software Quality Assurance in Australia: An Update" in Hawkins, C., Ross, M., & Staples, G. (eds): "Software Quality Management V: The Quality Challenge", Mechanical Engineering Publications (Proceedings of SQM97 Conference, Bath, 24-26 March 1997), pp 123-132. Re-printed in the Software Quality Journal, 6 (2), June 1997, pp81-87.

  • Wilson, D. N. and Dawson, C. (1996): "Process and Product Quality: Perpetuating the Myth" in Bray, M., Ross, M., & Staples, G. (eds): "Software Quality Management IV: Improving Quality", Mechanical Engineering Publications (Proceedings of SQM96 Conference, Cambridge, 1-3 April 1996), pp 135-143.

  • Khurana, M., He, Z., Court, I., Ross, M., Staples, G. and Wilson, D. N. (1996): "A Survey of Software Quality Practice" in Bray, M., Ross, M., & Staples, G. (eds): "Software Quality Management IV: Improving Quality", Mechanical Engineering Publications (Proceedings of SQM96 Conference, Cambridge, 1-3 April 1996), pp 309-320.

  • Wilson, D. N.. Petocz, Dr. P. and Roiter, K. (1995): "Motivation for Software Quality in Practice", Proceedings of the 4th Software Quality Conference, Dundee, 4-5 July, pp 264-269.

  • Wilson, D. N.. Petocz, Dr. P. and Roiter, K. (1995): "A Study of Software Quality in Practice" in Ross, M., Brebbia, C. A., Staples, G. & Stapleton, J. (eds): "Software Quality Management III Vol 1: Quality Management", Computational Mechanics Publications (Proceedings of SQM95 Conference, Seville, 3-5 April 1995), pp 159-169.

  • Wilson, D. N. and Underwood, J. (1995): "TELEWORKING: a place for the Introvert?", Proceedings of ETHICOMP95, De Montfort University, Leicester, 28-30 March.

  • Johnson, C. S. and Wilson, D. N. (1994): "Using Quality Principles to Teach Software Quality Techniques", Proceedings of the Software Engineering in Higher Education SEHE94 Conference, Southampton, UK, 23-24 November, Computational Mechanics Publications, pp 465-472.

  • Wilson, D. N. and Johnson, C. S. (1994): "Education of Quality and Quality of Education : An Australian Experience" in Ross, M., Brebbia, C. A., Staples, G. & Stapleton, J. (eds): "Software Quality Management II Vol 1: Managing Quality Systems", Computational Mechanics Publications (Proceedings of SQM94 Conference, Edinburgh, 26-28 July 1994), pp 589-600.

  • Brandt, W. D. and Wilson, D. N. (1994): "A Measure of Software Quality" in Ross, M., Brebbia, C. A., Staples, G. & Stapleton, J. (eds): "Software Quality Management II Vol 2: Building Quality into Software", Computational Mechanics Publications (Proceedings of SQM94 Conference, Edinburgh, 26-28 July 1994), pp 73-87.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1994): "The Age of the Introvert?", Proceedings of the Visions of Post-Industrial Society Conference, University of Brighton, Brighton, 9-10 July.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1993): "The CASE for Professionalism", Proceedings of the 4th Australian Conference on Information Systems, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 28-30 September, pp 513-520.

  • Anderson, P. F., Thomlinson, S. and Wilson, D. N. (1993): "Strategic Systems: The Direction for the 1990s", Proceedings of the 4th Australian Conference on Information Systems, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 28-30 September, pp 227-240.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1993): "Software Quality Assurance in Australia" in Ross, M., Brebbia, C. A., Staples, G. & Stapleton, J. (eds): "Software Quality Management", Computational Mechanics Publications (Proceedings of SQM93 Conference, Southampton, UK, March/ April 1993), pp 911-924.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1991): "Expert Systems : Project Management Implications" (invited paper) published in McDonald C. and Weckert, J. (editors): "Libraries and Expert Systems" (Proceedings of the Libraries and Expert Systems Conference, Wagga Wagga, July 1990), Taylor Graham, pp 149-160.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1983): "The Computer Revolution in the Singapore Public Service" (invited paper), Proceedings of the AISEC (NUS) Annual Conference, Singapore, October.

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  (iii) Non-refereed Journal Articles :-

  • Wilson, D. N. (1997): “A Question of Quality”, IT Chapter Newsletter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Issue 16, Autumn, pp 12-13.

  • Smillie, T. and Wilson, D. N. (1996): "ISO9000 versus the Forces of Indifference", ACS Newsletter (NSW Branch), August, p14.

  • Wilson, D. N. and Smillie, T. (1996): "Quality and ISO9000", ACS Newsletter (NSW Branch), July, p12.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1983): "User Expectations - The Singapore Experience", Computing, Nov/ Dec 1983, pp 5-7; reprinted from Singapore Computer Society Bulletin, No 2/83, June, pp 5-6.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1983): "Inventory Control Systems", Computer Era, January, pp 20-24.

• (iv) Technical Reports :-

  • Wilson, D. N., Loh, C. M. & Thong, P. Y. (1984): "Report of ISS Graduate Employment 1984", internal publication for National Computing Board (Singapore), September.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1984): "Application Development Alternatives", internal Institute of Systems Science publication, September.

  • Wilson, D. N. (1983): "Estimating Techniques", internal Institute of Systems Science publication, February; "Project Planning Methodologies", internal Institute of Systems Science publication, February.
  

   

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