Mahmood Niazi

According to our database, Mahmood Niazi authored at least 57 papers between 1993 and 2026.

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2026

From Image to Insight: Evaluating LLM Accuracy in Understanding UML Use Case Diagrams with Claude.

Mohamed El-Attar, Yasser Khan, Mahmood Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, 2026

Mapping LLM Misuse in Computing Education: A Survey-Based Risk Analysis of Faculty and Student Contexts.

Noura Alzaabi, Mohamed El-Attar, Sarah Kohail, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, 2026

2025

From Graphs to Gates: DNS-HyXNet, A Lightweight and Deployable Sequential Model for Real-Time DNS Tunnel Detection.

Faraz Ali, Muhammad Afaq, Mahmood Niazi, Muzammil Behzad

CoRR, December, 2025

Taxonomy-based approach for understanding and enhancing security culture in universities.

Mona Albinali, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Arif Ali Khan

PeerJ Comput. Sci., 2025

Enhancing cybersecurity in smart and cognitive cities: A systematic mapping of AI-based techniques.

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

Array, 2025

2024

AI-enabled Software Engineer: A Taxonomy of Challenges and Success Factors (P).

Mohammad Shameem, Mohammad Nadeem, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 2024

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

2021

Workflow Models to Establish Software Baselines in SSMEs.

Islam Ali, Wasif Nisar, Waqar Mehmood, Muhammad Qaiser Saleem, Ali S. Ahmed, Haysam E. Elamin, Mahmood Niazi, Muhammad Shafiq

Intell. Autom. Soft Comput., 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

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

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

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

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

Experiences Using Systematic Review Guidelines.

Mark Staples, Mahmood Niazi

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 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