Software Process Improvement barriers: A cross-cultural comparison. - Mahmood Khan Niazi; Muhammad Ali Babar 001; June M. Verner (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2010)

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 001 (Inf. Softw. Technol., 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 001 (Inf. Softw. Technol., 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 001 (J. Syst. Softw., 2011)

A tertiary study: experiences of conducting systematic literature reviews in software engineering. - Salma Imtiaz; Muneera Bano; Naveed Ikram; Mahmood Khan Niazi (EASE, 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)

Editorial. - Mahmood Khan Niazi; Naveed Ikram; Asif Qumer Gill; Mohammed Rafi Ul Hassan (IET Softw., 2013)

What makes service oriented requirements engineering challenging? a qualitative study. - Muneera Bano; Didar Zowghi; Naveed Ikram; Mahmood Khan Niazi (IET Softw., 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)

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 (EASE, 2015)

Evaluating PEVNET: A Framework for Visualization of Criminal Networks. - Amer Rasheed; Uffe Kock Wiil; Mahmood Khan Niazi (MISNC, 2015)

Teaching global software engineering: experiences and lessons learned. - Mahmood Khan Niazi (IET Softw., 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)

A comparative study of software process improvement implementation success factors. - Mahmood Khan Niazi (J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2015)

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)

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)

Systematic Literature Reviews of Software Process Improvement: A Tertiary Study. - Arif Ali Khan; Jacky Keung; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Shahid Hussain 001; He Zhang 001 (EuroSPI, 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 001 (SAC, 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)

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)

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 001; Awais Ahmad 001 (Inf. Softw. Technol., 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)

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)

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)

A Readiness Model for Security Requirements Engineering. - Yusuf Mufti; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Sajjad Mahmood (IEEE Access, 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 001; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Suzanne Kieffer (IET Softw., 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)

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)

Empirical research in requirements engineering: trends and opportunities. - Talat Ambreen; Naveed Ikram; Muhammad Usman 002; Mahmood Khan Niazi (Requir. Eng., 2018)

Package-Level stability evaluation of object-oriented systems. - Jawad Javed Akbar Baig; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Mahmood Khan Niazi (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2019)

A measurement framework for software product maturity assessment. - Ahmad Abdellatif; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Sami Zahran; 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 001; Mohammad Shameem (J. Softw. Evol. Process., 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)

Adaptive Architecture and Principles for Securing the IoT Systems. - Asif Qumer Gill; Ghassan Beydoun; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Habib Ullah Khan (IMIS, 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)

Improving the Security of UML Sequence Diagram Using Genetic Algorithm. - Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Haris Mumtaz; Sajjad Mahmood; Mahmood Khan Niazi (IEEE Access, 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)

A maturity model for secure requirements engineering. - Mahmood Khan Niazi; Ashraf Mohammed Saeed; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Sajjad Mahmood; Saad Zafar (Comput. Secur., 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)

GLOB: A global project management readiness framework. - Mahmood Khan Niazi; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad R. Alshayeb (J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2020)

Empirical Investigation of Critical Requirements Engineering Practices for Global Software Development. - Habib Ullah Khan; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Mohamed El-Attar 001; Naveed Ikram; Siffat Ullah Khan; Asif Qumer Gill (IEEE Access, 2021)

Challenges of Secure Software Deployment: An Empirical Study. - Azzah A. Alghamdi; Mahmood Khan Niazi (EASE, 2022)

Ethics of AI: A Systematic Literature Review of Principles and Challenges. - Arif Ali Khan; Sher Badshah; Peng Liang 001; Muhammad Waseem 011; Bilal Khan; Aakash Ahmad; Mahdi Fahmideh; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Muhammad Azeem Akbar (EASE, 2022)

Embracing iterations in Quantum software: a vision. - Arif Ali Khan; Mahdi Fahmideh; Aakash Ahmad; Muhammad Waseem 011; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Valtteri Lahtinen; Tommi Mikkonen (QP4SE@ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE, 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 002; Jin-Ghoo Choi (Intell. Autom. Soft Comput., 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)

Toward Successful Secure Software Deployment: An Empirical Study. - Azzah A. Alghamdi; Mahmood Khan Niazi (EASE, 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., 2023)

Towards a successful secure software acquisition. - Faisal Alnaseef; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Irfan Ahmad 001 (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2023)

AI Ethics: An Empirical Study on the Views of Practitioners and Lawmakers. - Arif Ali Khan; Muhammad Azeem Akbar; Mahdi Fahmideh; Peng Liang 001; Muhammad Waseem 011; Aakash Ahmad; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Pekka Abrahamsson (IEEE Trans. Comput. Soc. Syst., 2023)

The Security Culture Readiness Model (SCRM) for Saudi Universities: A Preliminary Structure. - Mona Albinali; Mahmood Khan Niazi (EASE, 2024)

Challenges in Developing Secure Software within Agile Environments. - Reem Alshareef; Esra'a Alshabeeb; Noor Alakkas; Mahmood Khan Niazi (EASE, 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)

Maturity model for secure software testing. - Gulzar Alam; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Saad Zafar (J. Softw. Evol. Process., 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., 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, 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., 2024)

Towards Understanding the Critical Role of Human Behavior in Smart and Cognitive City Cybersecurity. - Rawan Alraddadi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Sajjad Mahmood; Mahmood Khan Niazi (ANT/EDI40, 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 (EASE 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 (EASE 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 (EASE Companion, 2025)

Embedding Security Practices into Taxonomy of DevOps Practices. - Mohammad Shameem; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad Nadeem (EASE Companion, 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)

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)

What goes wrong during phishing education? A probe into a game-based assessment with unfavorable results. - Affan Yasin; Rubia Fatima; Lijie Wen 001; Jiangbin Zheng; Mahmood Khan Niazi (Entertain. Comput., 2025)

Solutions toCybersecurity Challenges in Secure Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications: A Multivocal Literature Review. - Naeem Ullah; Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Matteo Esposito 001; Arif Ali Khan; Jamal Abdul Nasir (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2025)

A measurement framework to assess software maturity models. - Reem Alshareef; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Sajjad Mahmood (PeerJ Comput. Sci., 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)

Complex outsourcing relationships management model. - Ghulam Murtaza Khan; Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Khan Niazi; Muhammad Ilyas 002; Mamoona Humayun; Akash Ahmad; Javed Ali Khan; Sajjad Mahmood (J. Softw. Evol. Process., 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., 2025)

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)

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., 2026)