Mahmood Khan Niazi

According to our database, Mahmood Khan Niazi authored at least 72 papers between 2010 and 2026.

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2026

An exploratory study on effectiveness of GPT-4o in conducting sub-tasks of systematic literature reviews.

Mohammad Shameem, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Aakash Ahmad, Jehad Al Dallal

Autom. Softw. Eng., November, 2026

KRCapVLM: Beam-guided knowledge replay for knowledge-rich image captioning using vision-language model.

Reem AlJunaid, Qasim Umer, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Muzammil Behzad

Pattern Recognit., 2026

2025

Correction: 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 Khan Niazi, Mohammed Naif Alatawi, Shoayee Dlaim Alotaibi

Autom. Softw. Eng., June, 2025

Complex outsourcing relationships management model.

Ghulam Murtaza Khan, Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Muhammad Ilyas, Mamoona Humayun, Akash Ahmad, Javed Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood

J. Softw. Evol. Process., January, 2025

A Cybersecurity Maturity Model for Digitally Transformed Organizations.

Malek Al zeibak, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Malak Baslyman, Mahmood Khan Niazi

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2025

A measurement framework to assess software maturity models.

Reem Alshareef, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood

PeerJ Comput. Sci., 2025

Solutions toCybersecurity Challenges in Secure Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications: A Multivocal Literature Review.

Naeem Ullah, Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Matteo Esposito, Arif Ali Khan, Jamal Abdul Nasir

Inf. Softw. Technol., 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 Khan Niazi

Entertain. Comput., 2025

Taxonomy of metrics for effectively estimating quantum software projects: A fuzzy-AHP based analysis.

Mohammad Shameem, Mohammad Nadeem, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Ankur Kumar

Appl. Soft Comput., 2025

Robust Image Steganography Approach Based on Edge Detection Combined With CNN Algorithm.

Rana Al-Rawashdeh, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Mahmood Khan Niazi

IEEE Access, 2025

Embedding Security Practices into Taxonomy of DevOps Practices.

Mohammad Shameem, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad Nadeem

Proceedings of the 2025 29th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering Companion, 2025

A Systematic Literature Review on Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools: Evaluation, Benchmarks, Challenges, and Future Directions.

Doaa Dalaq, Kaniz Fatima Daya, Alaa Dalaq, Muhammed Nazmul Arefin, Mahmood Khan Niazi

Proceedings of the 2025 29th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering Companion, 2025

Mitigating Insider Threats: Insights from Software Security Experts for Process Improvement and Risk Reduction.

Azzah AlGhamdi, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Lucas Carvalho Cordeiro, Mamoona Humayun, Andrew Stewart

Proceedings of the 2025 29th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering Companion, 2025

Evaluating the Effectiveness of SAST Tools: A Comparative Study on Vulnerability Detection, Reporting, and Usability.

Haifa Abdullah Al-Shammare, Rawan Alraddadi, Faten Al-Abdulwahhab, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Mamoona Humayun

Proceedings of the 2025 29th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering Companion, 2025

Towards Understanding the Critical Role of Human Behavior in Smart and Cognitive City Cybersecurity.

Rawan Alraddadi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Khan Niazi

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Ambient Systems, 2025

2024

Towards the Development of a Copyright Risk Checker Tool for Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems.

Grace Billiris, Asif Gill, Ian J. Oppermann, Mahmood Khan Niazi

Digit. Gov. Res. Pract., December, 2024

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

Asif Iqbal, Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi, Saad Zafar

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

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

Azzah A. Alghamdi, Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi, Pekka Abrahamsson

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

Towards a successful secure software acquisition.

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

Inf. Softw. Technol., December, 2023

Toward a readiness model for secure software coding.

Mamoona Humayun, Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2022

CMMI Compliant Workflow Models to Track and Control Changes.

Islam Ali, Syed Muhammad Ali, Waqar Mehmood, Wasif Nisar, Muhammad Qaiser Saleem, Majzoob K. Omer, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Muhammad Shafiq, Jin-Ghoo Choi

Intell. Autom. Soft Comput., 2022

Embracing iterations in Quantum software: a vision.

Arif Ali Khan, Mahdi Fahmideh, Aakash Ahmad, Muhammad Waseem, Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi

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

2021

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

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

IEEE Access, 2021

2020

GLOB: A global project management readiness framework.

Mahmood Khan 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 Khan Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb

IET Softw., 2020

A maturity model for secure requirements engineering.

Mahmood Khan 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 Khan Niazi

IEEE Access, 2020

Improving the Security of UML Sequence Diagram Using Genetic Algorithm.

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

IEEE Access, 2020

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

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

IEEE Access, 2020

Adaptive Architecture and Principles for Securing the IoT Systems.

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

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2019

Package-Level stability evaluation of object-oriented systems.

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

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2019

2018

Empirical research in requirements engineering: trends and opportunities.

Talat Ambreen, Naveed Ikram, Muhammad Usman, Mahmood Khan Niazi

Requir. Eng., 2018

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

Asif Qumer Gill, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi, Suzanne Kieffer

IET Softw., 2018

A Readiness Model for Security Requirements Engineering.

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

IEEE Access, 2018

2017

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

Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Muhammad Asim Noor

Softw. Qual. J., 2016

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

Mahmood Khan 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 Khan Niazi

J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2015

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

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

IET Softw., 2015

Teaching global software engineering: experiences and lessons learned.

Mahmood Khan Niazi

IET Softw., 2015

Evaluating PEVNET: A Framework for Visualization of Criminal Networks.

Amer Rasheed, Uffe Kock Wiil, Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2014

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

Muneera Bano, Didar Zowghi, Naveed Ikram, Mahmood Khan Niazi

IET Softw., 2014

2013

Editorial.

Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi

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

2011

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

Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Khan 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 Khan 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 Khan Niazi, Rashid Ahmad

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2011

2010

Software Process Improvement barriers: A cross-cultural comparison.

Mahmood Khan Niazi, Muhammad Ali Babar, June M. Verner

Inf. Softw. Technol., 2010