Computer-Aided VSS Control Validation for a Rotating Flexible Link Manipulator Using ANSYS. - Mahmood Niazi; Bruce Walcott (Simul., 1993)

Improving the Requirements Engineering Process: a process oriented approach. - Mahmood Niazi (ACIS, 2002)

A model for the implementation of software process improvement: A pilot study. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (QSIC, 2003)

A Framework for Guiding the Design of Effective Implementation Strategies for Software Process Improvement. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (SEKE, 2003)

Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process. - Mahmood Niazi; Sudha Shastry (Software Engineering Research and Practice, 2003)

A Maturity Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001 (Software Engineering Research and Practice, 2003)

Critical barriers for software process improvement implementation: An empirical study. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (IASTED Conf. on Software Engineering, 2004)

A Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: An Empirical Study. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi; Bernard Wong 002 (PROFES, 2004)

A framework for assisting the design of effective implementation strategies for software process improvement - Mahmood Niazi (2004)

An Instrument for Measuring the Maturity of Requirements Engineering Process. - Mahmood Niazi (PROFES, 2005)

Assessing a Framework of Comparing Architecture Review Methods Using CMMI. - Muhammad Ali Babar 001; Mahmood Niazi; D. Ross Jeffery (SEKE, 2005)

An Empirical Study for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process. - Mahmood Niazi (SEKE, 2005)

A maturity model for the implementation of software process improvement: an empirical study. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (J. Syst. Softw., 2005)

A framework for assisting the design of effective software process improvement implementation strategies. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (J. Syst. Softw., 2005)

Software Process Improvement: A Road to Success. - Mahmood Niazi (PROFES, 2006)

Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An Empirical Study. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (PROFES, 2006)

Critical success factors for software process improvement implementation: an empirical study. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (Softw. Process. Improv. Pract., 2006)

Motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views. - Mahmood Niazi; Muhammad Ali Babar 001 (EASE, 2007)

De-motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views. - Mahmood Niazi; Muhammad Ali Babar 001 (PROFES, 2007)

Organisational Readiness and Software Process Improvement. - Mahmood Niazi; David Wilson 001; Didar Zowghi (PROFES, 2007)

Experiences using systematic review guidelines. - Mark Staples; Mahmood Niazi (J. Syst. Softw., 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)

Implementing Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views. - Muhammad Ali Babar 001; Mahmood Niazi (ICGSE, 2008)

A Readiness Model for Software Development Outsourcing Vendors. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Niazi; Rashid Ahmad 001 (ICGSE, 2008)

An Empirical Study Identifying High Perceived Value Practices of CMMI Level 2. - Mahmood Niazi; Muhammad Ali Babar 001; Suhaimi Ibrahim (PROFES, 2008)

A Model for Requirements Change Management: Implementation of CMMI Level 2 Specific Practice. - Mahmood Niazi; Charles Hickman; Rashid Ahmad 001; Muhammad Ali Babar 001 (PROFES, 2008)

Systematic review of organizational motivations for adopting CMM-based SPI. - Mark Staples; Mahmood Niazi (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2008)

Demotivators of software process improvement: an empirical investigation. - Mahmood Niazi; Muhammad Ali Babar 001; Nolin Mark Katugampola (Softw. Process. Improv. Pract., 2008)

A measurement framework for assessing the maturity of requirements engineering process. - Mahmood Niazi; Karl Cox; June M. Verner (Softw. Qual. J., 2008)

Critical Barriers for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A Systematic Literature Review. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Niazi; Rashid Ahmad 001 (APSEC, 2009)

The impact of limited search procedures for systematic literature reviews A participant-observer case study. - Barbara A. Kitchenham; Pearl Brereton; Mark Turner 001; Mahmood Niazi; Stephen G. Linkman; Rialette Pretorius; David Budgen (ESEM, 2009)

Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: A Systematic Literature Review. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Niazi; Rashid Ahmad 001 (ICGSE, 2009)

Empirical study of Sommerville and Sawyer's requirements engineering practices. - Karl Cox; Mahmood Niazi; June M. Verner (IET Softw., 2009)

Identifying high perceived value practices of CMMI level 2: An empirical study. - Mahmood Niazi; Muhammad Ali Babar 001 (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2009)

Software Development Outsourcing Relationships Trust: A Systematic Literature Review Protocol. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Niazi; Naveed Ikram (EASE, 2010)

Thesis proposal on "Requirement Engineering Process for Service Oriented Software Development". - Muneera Bano; Naveed Ikram; Mahmood Niazi (PROFES (2), 2010)

A preliminary structure of software outsourcing vendors' readiness model. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Niazi (PROFES (2), 2010)

Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Outsourcing Vendors: An Empirical Study. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Niazi; Rashid Ahmad 001 (PROFES, 2010)

Two case studies on small enterprise motivation and readiness for CMMI. - Mark Staples; Mahmood Niazi (PROFES (2), 2010)

Refining the systematic literature review process - two participant-observer case studies. - Barbara A. Kitchenham; Pearl Brereton; Mark Turner 001; Mahmood Niazi; Stephen G. Linkman; Rialette Pretorius; David Budgen (Empir. Softw. Eng., 2010)

Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study. - Barbara A. Kitchenham; Rialette Pretorius; David Budgen; Pearl Brereton; Mark Turner 001; Mahmood Niazi; Stephen G. Linkman (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2010)

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

Cloud computing adoption assessment model (CAAM). - Usman Nasir; Mahmood Niazi (PROFES Workshops, 2011)

Barriers in the selection of offshore software development outsourcing vendors: An exploratory study using a systematic literature review. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood 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 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 Niazi; Rashid Ahmad 001 (J. Syst. Softw., 2011)

Causes of requirement change - A systematic literature review. - Muneera Bano; Salma Imtiaz; Naveed Ikram; Mahmood Niazi; Muhammad Usman 002 (EASE, 2012)

GlobReq: A framework for improving requirements engineering in global software development projects: Preliminary results. - Mahmood Niazi; Mohamed El-Attar 001; Muhammad Usman 002; Naveed Ikram (EASE, 2012)

Systematic literature reviews in global software development: A tertiary study. - June M. Verner; O. Pearl Brereton; Barbara A. Kitchenham; Mark Turner 001; Mahmood Niazi (EASE, 2012)

Are Use Case Modeling Features Underutilized? - A Lightweight Survey that Raises Concerns. - Mohamed El-Attar 001; Khaldoun Halawani; Moustafa Alsaleh; Mahmood Niazi (ENASE, 2012)

Empirical investigation of success factors for offshore software development outsourcing vendors. - Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood Niazi; Rashid Ahmad 001 (IET Softw., 2012)

An exploratory study of software process improvement implementation risks. - Mahmood Niazi (J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2012)

A tertiary study: experiences of conducting systematic literature reviews in software engineering. - Salma Imtiaz; Muneera Bano; Naveed Ikram; Mahmood Niazi (EASE, 2013)

Establishing trust in offshore software outsourcing relationships: an exploratory study using a systematic literature review. - Mahmood Niazi; Naveed Ikram; Muneera Bano; Salma Imtiaz; Siffat Ullah Khan (IET Softw., 2013)

Editorial. - Mahmood 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 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 Niazi (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2014)

Identifying the factors that influence task allocation in global software development: preliminary results. - Sajjad Mahmood; Sajid Anwer; Mahmood Niazi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Ita Richardson (EASE, 2015)

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

Teaching global software engineering: experiences and lessons learned. - Mahmood Niazi (IET Softw., 2015)

Empirical investigation of the challenges of the existing tools used in global software development projects. - Mahmood Niazi; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Ayman Hroub (IET Softw., 2015)

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

Challenges of project management in global software development: A client-vendor analysis. - Mahmood 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 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 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 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 Niazi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb (IEEE Access, 2017)

Exploring software security approaches in software development lifecycle: A systematic mapping study. - Nabil M. Mohammed; Mahmood 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 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 Niazi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Ita Richardson (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2017)

Motivators for adopting social computing in global software development: An empirical study. - Mahmood 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 Niazi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb (IEEE Access, 2018)

A Readiness Model for Security Requirements Engineering. - Yusuf Mufti; Mahmood 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 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 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 Niazi (Inf. Syst. Frontiers, 2018)

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

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

A measurement framework for software product maturity assessment. - Ahmad Abdellatif; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Sami Zahran; Mahmood 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 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 Niazi (J. Softw. Evol. Process., 2019)

Adaptive Architecture and Principles for Securing the IoT Systems. - Asif Qumer Gill; Ghassan Beydoun; Mahmood 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 Niazi (IEEE Access, 2020)

Improving the Security of UML Sequence Diagram Using Genetic Algorithm. - Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Haris Mumtaz; Sajjad Mahmood; Mahmood 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 Niazi (IEEE Access, 2020)

A maturity model for secure requirements engineering. - Mahmood 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 Niazi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb (IET Softw., 2020)

GLOB: A global project management readiness framework. - Mahmood 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 Niazi; Mohamed El-Attar 001; Naveed Ikram; Siffat Ullah Khan; Asif Qumer Gill (IEEE Access, 2021)

Ethics of AI: A Systematic Literature Review of Principles and Challenges. - Arif Ali Khan; Sher Badshah; Peng Liang 001; Bilal Khan; Muhammad Waseem; Mahmood Niazi; Muhammad Azeem Akbar (CoRR, 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 002 (Intell. Autom. Soft Comput., 2021)

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

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

Embracing iterations in Quantum software: a vision. - Arif Ali Khan; Mahdi Fahmideh; Aakash Ahmad; Muhammad Waseem; Mahmood Niazi; Valtteri Lahtinen; Tommi Mikkonen (QP4SE@ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE, 2022)

AI Ethics: Software Practitioners and Lawmakers Points of View. - Arif Ali Khan; Muhammad Azeem Akbar; Muhammad Waseem; Mahdi Fahmideh; Aakash Ahmad; Peng Liang 001; Mahmood Niazi; Pekka Abrahamsson (CoRR, 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 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 Niazi (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2022)

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

Toward a readiness model for secure software coding. - Mamoona Humayun; Mahmood Niazi; Noor Zaman Jhanjhi; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad R. Alshayeb (Softw. Pract. Exp., 2023)

Towards a successful secure software acquisition. - Faisal Alnaseef; Mahmood 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; Aakash Ahmad; Mahmood Niazi; Pekka Abrahamsson (IEEE Trans. Comput. Soc. Syst., 2023)

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

Challenges in Developing Secure Software within Agile Environments. - Reem Alshareef; Esra'a Alshabeeb; Noor Alakkas; Mahmood Niazi (EASE, 2024)

AI-enabled Software Engineer: A Taxonomy of Challenges and Success Factors (P). - Mohammad Shameem; Mohammad Nadeem; Mahmood Niazi (SEKE, 2024)

Organizations' readiness for insider attacks: A process-oriented approach. - Azzah A. Alghamdi; Mahmood Niazi; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Sajjad Mahmood (Softw. Pract. Exp., 2024)

Maturity model for secure software testing. - Gulzar Alam; Sajjad Mahmood; Mohammad R. Alshayeb; Mahmood 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 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 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 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 Niazi (ANT/EDI40, 2025)

Robust Image Steganography Approach Based on Edge Detection Combined With CNN Algorithm. - Rana Al-Rawashdeh; Md Mahfuzur Rahman; Mahmood Niazi (IEEE Access, 2025)

Taxonomy of metrics for effectively estimating quantum software projects: A fuzzy-AHP based analysis. - Mohammad Shameem; Mohammad Nadeem; Mahmood 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 Niazi (Entertain. Comput., 2025)

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

Complex outsourcing relationships management model. - Ghulam Murtaza Khan; Siffat Ullah Khan; Mahmood 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 Niazi; Mohammed Naif Alatawi; Shoayee Dlaim Alotaibi (Autom. Softw. Eng., 2025)