Sajjad Mahmood

91 papers A 3B 1C 2Journal 72Unranked 13
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Detecting Inline Code Comment Smells Leveraging CodeBERT Model.
IEEE Access
Sajjad Mahmood
2026 J jnl
Investigating different learning strategies for low-resource sequence labeling.
Appl. Soft Comput.
Armin Kobilica, Irfan Ahmad, Sajjad Mahmood
2026 J jnl
KRCapVLM: Beam-guided knowledge replay for knowledge-rich image captioning using vision-language model.
Pattern Recognit.
Reem AlJunaid, Qasim Umer, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Muzammil Behzad
2025 J jnl
A measurement framework to assess software maturity models.
PeerJ Comput. Sci.
Reem Alshareef, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood
2025 J jnl
A systematic literature review on cross-language source code clone detection.
Comput. Sci. Rev.
Asra Sulaiman Alshabib, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb
2025 — conf
Challenges in the Adoption of DevOps as a Service in the Software Industry: Initial Results.
EASE Companion
Sajjad Mahmood
2025 J jnl
Complex outsourcing relationships management model.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Ghulam Murtaza Khan, Siffat Ullah Khan, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Muhammad Ilyas, Mamoona Humayun, Akash Ahmad, Javed Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood
2025 — conf
Edge-Based Detection of Label Flipping Attacks in Federated Learning Using Explainable AI.
SVM@ICSE
Nourah S. AlOtaibi, Muhamad Felemban, Sajjad Mahmood
2025 — conf
Embedding Security Practices into Taxonomy of DevOps Practices.
EASE Companion
Mohammad Shameem, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad Nadeem
2025 J jnl
Enhancing cybersecurity in smart and cognitive cities: A systematic mapping of AI-based techniques.
Array
Rawan Alraddadi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Niazi
2025 J jnl
Introduction to software architecture for quantum computing systems special issue.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood
2025 J jnl
Management of DevSecOps Process: An Empirical Investigation.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Sami Hyrynsalmi
2025 J jnl
Taxonomy of metrics for effectively estimating quantum software projects: A fuzzy-AHP based analysis.
Appl. Soft Comput.
Mohammad Shameem, Mohammad Nadeem, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Ankur Kumar
2025 J jnl
Taxonomy-based approach for understanding and enhancing security culture in universities.
PeerJ Comput. Sci.
Mona Albinali, Mahmood Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Arif Ali Khan
2025 — conf
Towards Understanding the Critical Role of Human Behavior in Smart and Cognitive City Cybersecurity.
ANT/EDI40
Rawan Alraddadi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Khan Niazi
2024 — conf
A Conceptual Framework for Quantum Integration Challenges in 6G Technology.
QSE-NE@SIGSOFT FSE
Saima Rafi, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood
2024 A conf
Aligning Academic with Industrial Needs: Investigating DevOps.
EASE
Saima Rafi, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood
2024 J jnl
DevOps project management success factors: A decision-making framework.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Najmul Islam, Sajjad Mahmood
2024 J jnl
Edge-Assisted Label-Flipping Attack Detection in Federated Learning.
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Nourah S. AlOtaibi, Muhamad Felemban, Sajjad Mahmood
2024 J jnl
Maturity model for secure software testing.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Gulzar Alam, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Saad Zafar
2024 J jnl
Organizations' readiness for insider attacks: A process-oriented approach.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Azzah A. Alghamdi, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood
2024 — conf
Quantum Software Engineering: A New Genre of Computing.
QSE-NE@SIGSOFT FSE
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Saima Rafi
2024 J jnl
Successful management of cloud-based global software development projects: A multivocal study.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Kari Smolander
2024 J jnl
Trustworthy artificial intelligence: A decision-making taxonomy of potential challenges.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Saima Rafi, Selina Demi
2023 J jnl
SRCMIMM: the software requirements change management and implementation maturity model in the domain of global software development industry.
Inf. Technol. Manag.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Alok Mishra
2023 J jnl
Toward a readiness model for secure software coding.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Mamoona Humayun, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Noor Zaman Jhanjhi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb
2023 J jnl
Towards a successful secure software acquisition.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Faisal Alnaseef, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Irfan Ahmad
2022 — conf
A Vision of DevOps Requirements Change Management Standardization.
QRS Companion
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Saima Rafi
2022 J jnl
A Vision of DevOps Requirements Change Management Standardization.
CoRR
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Saima Rafi
2022 J jnl
An end-to-end deep learning system for requirements classification using recurrent neural networks.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Osamah AlDhafer, Irfan Ahmad, Sajjad Mahmood
2022 J jnl
Barriers of managing cloud outsource software development projects: a multivocal study.
Multim. Tools Appl.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Chandrashekhar Meshram, Ahmed Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei, Salman A. AlQahtani
2022 J jnl
Quantum Software Engineering: A New Genre of Computing.
CoRR
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Saima Rafi
2022 J jnl
Selection of DevOps best test practices: A hybrid approach using ISM and fuzzy TOPSIS analysis.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Saima Rafi, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad, Abdulrahman Alothaim
2022 J jnl
Successful Management of Cloud Based Global Software Development Projects: A Multivocal Study.
CoRR
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Arif Ali Khan
2022 A conf
Toward Effective and Efficient DevOps using Blockchain.
EASE
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Dominik Siemon
2022 J jnl
Toward successful DevSecOps in software development organizations: A decision-making framework.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Kari Smolander, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad
2022 J jnl
Towards roadmap to implement blockchain in healthcare systems based on a maturity model.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Víctor Leiva, Saima Rafi, Syed Furqan Qadri, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad
2021 J jnl
A Multicriteria Decision Making Taxonomy of IOT Security Challenging Factors.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Ahmed Alsanad, Sajjad Mahmood, Abdulrahman Alothaim
2021 J jnl
A robust framework for cloud-based software development outsourcing factors using analytical hierarchy process.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei
2021 J jnl
Prioritization of global software requirements' engineering barriers: An analytical hierarchy process.
IET Softw.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Wishal Naveed, Sajjad Mahmood, Saima Rafi, Ahmed Alsanad, Abeer Abdul-Aziz Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei, Abdulrahman Alothaim
2021 J jnl
Prioritization-Based Taxonomy of Global Software Development Challenges: A FAHP Based Analysis.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Ahmed Alsanad, Sajjad Mahmood, Abdulrahman Alothaim
2021 J jnl
Readiness model for DevOps implementation in software organizations.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Saima Rafi, Yu Wu, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei
2021 — conf
SoaML cognition and its potential application to Autonomous Driving: An Empirical Study.
EUSPN/ICTH
Muhammad Jalal Khan, Manzoor Ahmed Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Azam Beg, Sumbal Malik, Najla Alkaabi
2020 J jnl
A Maturity Model for Secure Software Design: A Multivocal Study.
IEEE Access
Hassan Al-Matouq, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Khan Niazi
2020 J jnl
A Systematic Study to Improve the Requirements Engineering Process in the Domain of Global Software Development.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Ahmed Alsanad, Sajjad Mahmood, Abeer Abdul-Aziz Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei
2020 J jnl
A maturity model for secure requirements engineering.
Comput. Secur.
Mahmood Khan Niazi, Ashraf Mohammed Saeed, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Saad Zafar
2020 J jnl
A multivocal study to improve the implementation of global requirements change management process: A client-vendor prospective.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad, Abeer Abdul-Aziz Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei, Syed Furqan Qadri
2020 J jnl
Factors influencing the requirements engineering process in offshore software development outsourcing environments.
IET Softw.
Muhammad Shafiq, Qinghua Zhang, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Ahmed Alsanad, Sajjad Mahmood
2020 J jnl
GLOB: A global project management readiness framework.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb
2020 J jnl
Identification and Prioritization of Cloud Based Global Software Development Best Practices.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Hussain AlSalman, Abdul Razzaq, Abdu Gumaei, Muhammad Tanveer Riaz
2020 J jnl
Improving the Security of UML Sequence Diagram Using Genetic Algorithm.
IEEE Access
Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Haris Mumtaz, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Khan Niazi
2020 J jnl
Multicriteria Decision Making Taxonomy of Cloud-Based Global Software Development Motivators.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Hussain AlSalman, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Chandrashekhar Meshram, Abdu Gumaei, Muhammad Tanveer Riaz
2020 J jnl
Organization Type and Size Based Identification of Requirements Change Management Challenges in Global Software Development.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad, Muhammad Shafiq, Abdu Gumaei, Abeer Abdul-Aziz Alsanad
2020 J jnl
Prioritization Based Taxonomy of DevOps Challenges Using Fuzzy AHP Analysis.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Wishal Naveed, Sajjad Mahmood, Abeer Abdul-Aziz Alsanad, Ahmed Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei, Ahmed Mateen
2020 J jnl
Prioritization based Taxonomy of Cloud-based Outsource Software Development Challenges: Fuzzy AHP analysis.
Appl. Soft Comput.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Mohammad Shameem, Sajjad Mahmood, Ahmed Alsanad, Abdu Gumaei
2020 J jnl
Readiness model for requirements change management in global software development.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Sajjad Mahmood, Zhiqiu Huang, Arif Ali Khan, Mohammad Shameem
2020 J jnl
Requirement change management challenges in GSD: An analytical hierarchy process approach.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Arif Ali Khan, Abdul Wahid Khan, Sajjad Mahmood
2019 J jnl
A survey on UML model smells detection techniques for software refactoring.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Haris Mumtaz, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Khan Niazi
2019 J jnl
Comparative Analysis of Requirement Change Management Challenges Between in-House and Global Software Development: Findings of Literature and Industry Survey.
IEEE Access
Sajid Anwer, Lian Wen, Zhe Wang, Sajjad Mahmood
2019 J jnl
Package-Level stability evaluation of object-oriented systems.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Jawad Javed Akbar Baig, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mahmood Khan Niazi
2019 J jnl
Success factors influencing requirements change management process in global software development.
J. Comput. Lang.
Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Jun Sang, Nasrullah, Arif Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood, Syed Furqan Qadri, Haibo Hu, Hong Xiang
2018 J jnl
A Readiness Model for Security Requirements Engineering.
IEEE Access
Yusuf Mufti, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood
2018 J jnl
An empirical study to improve software security through the application of code refactoring.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Haris Mumtaz, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood, Mahmood Khan Niazi
2018 J jnl
Assessing the Determinants of Adopting Component-Based Development in a Global Context: A Client-Vendor Analysis.
IEEE Access
Muhammad Jalal Khan, Sajjad Mahmood
2017 J jnl
Exploring software security approaches in software development lifecycle: A systematic mapping study.
Comput. Stand. Interfaces
Nabil M. Mohammed, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Sajjad Mahmood
2017 J jnl
Key factors that influence task allocation in global software development.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Sajjad Mahmood, Sajid Anwer, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Ita Richardson
2017 J jnl
Motivators for adopting social computing in global software development: An empirical study.
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Abdulrahman Ahmed Bobakr Baqais, Asif Qumer Gill
2016 J jnl
A framework for an integrated unified modeling language.
Frontiers Inf. Technol. Electron. Eng.
Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Nasser Khashan, Sajjad Mahmood
2016 J jnl
Challenges of project management in global software development: A client-vendor analysis.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Mohammed Rehan Riaz, Kanaan Faisal, Narciso Cerpa, Siffat Ullah Khan, Ita Richardson
2015 J jnl
Empirical investigation of the challenges of the existing tools used in global software development projects.
IET Softw.
Mahmood Khan Niazi, Sajjad Mahmood, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Ayman Hroub
2015 A conf
Identifying the factors that influence task allocation in global software development: preliminary results.
EASE
Sajjad Mahmood, Sajid Anwer, Mahmood Khan Niazi, Mohammad R. Alshayeb, Ita Richardson
2014 J jnl
Analysis and Evaluation of Software Artifact Reuse Environments.
Int. J. Softw. Innov.
Sajjad Mahmood, Moataz A. Ahmed, Mohammad R. Alshayeb
2013 — conf
A methodology for designing trustworthy e-commerce applications.
CTS
Farag Azzedin, Sajjad Mahmood
2013 J jnl
Empirical study of software component integration process activities.
IET Softw.
Sajjad Mahmood
2013 J jnl
RE-UML: A Component-Based System Requirements Analysis Language.
Comput. J.
Sajjad Mahmood, Richard Lai
2013 C conf
Reuse environments for software artifacts: Analysis framework.
ICIS
Sajjad Mahmood, Moataz A. Ahmed, Mohammad R. Alshayeb
2013 B conf
Software Requirements Elicitation - A Controlled Experiment to Measure the Impact of a Native Natural Language.
COMPSAC
Sajjad Mahmood, Samuel A. Ajila
2013 J jnl
The Impact of Native Language on Use Case Modeling : A Controlled Experiment.
J. Softw.
Sajjad Mahmood, Samuel A. Ajila
2012 J jnl
A graph based requirements clustering approach for component selection.
Adv. Eng. Softw.
Muhammad Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood
2012 J jnl
Is In-Depth Object-Oriented Knowledge Necessary to Develop Quality Robustness Diagrams?
J. Softw.
Mohamed El-Attar, Mahmoud O. Elish, Sajjad Mahmood, James Miller
2012 J jnl
Usefulness of acceptance testing information for component-based system maintenance.
IET Softw.
Sajjad Mahmood
2011 J jnl
An industrial study on the importance of software component documentation: A system integratorʼs perspective.
Inf. Process. Lett.
Sajjad Mahmood, Azhar Khan
2011 J jnl
RAAP: A Requirements Analysis and Assessment Process Framework for Component-Based System (Invited Paper).
J. Softw.
Richard Lai, Sajjad Mahmood, Shaoying Liu
2010 C conf
The Impact of Acceptance Tests on Analyzing Component-Based Systems Specifications: An Experimental Evaluation.
CIT
Sajjad Mahmood
2010 — conf
Towards Designing Application Specific Trust Treated Model.
CNSA
Farag Azzedin, Sajjad Mahmood
2009 — conf
Optimal Component Selection for Component-Based Systems.
SCSS
Muhammad Ali Khan, Sajjad Mahmood
2009 — conf
RE-UML: An Extension to UML for Specifying Component-Based Software System.
Australian Software Engineering Conference
Sajjad Mahmood, Richard Lai
2008 J jnl
A complexity measure for UML component-based system specification.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Sajjad Mahmood, Richard Lai
2007 J jnl
Survey of component-based software development.
IET Softw.
Sajjad Mahmood, Richard Lai, Y. S. Kim
2005 J jnl
A survey of component based system quality assurance and assessment.
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Sajjad Mahmood, Richard Lai, Yong-Soo Kim, Ji Hong Kim, Seok Cheon Park, Hae Suk Oh
2005 — conf
Measuring the Complexity of a UML Component Specification.
QSIC
Sajjad Mahmood, Richard Lai