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T. Halkjelsvik and M. Jørgensen

Time predictions: Understanding and avoiding unrealism in project planning and everyday life

In Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing. Switzerland: Springer, 2018.
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2018
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M. Jørgensen, T. Dybå, K. Liestøl and D. I. K. Sjøberg

Incorrect Results in Software Engineering Experiments: How to Improve Research Practices

Journal of Systems and Software 117 (2016): 274-281.
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2016
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M. Jørgensen

The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects

Information and Software Technology 55 (2013): 1640-1650.
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2013
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M. Jørgensen and S. Grimstad

The Impact of Irrelevant and Misleading Information on Software Development Effort Estimates: a Randomized Controlled Field Experiment

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 37 (2011): 695-707.
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2011
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News

02 July 2020

A new research centre opens at Simula Metropolitan

Courses held

Software process improvement, Kathmandu University, Nepal: http://www.ku.edu.np/cse/?page_id=288 

Simula in the media

28 September 2016

Myter om fastpriskontrakter og it-utvikling

HVA ANDRE MENER: Det meste tyder på at fastprisavtaler ikke er til det beste for verken kunde eller leverandør og at kontrakter basert på per time betaling stort sett gir bedre resultat.
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Simula Research Laboratory, Magne Jørgensen
Computerworld Norge

Background

Dr. Scient. in Informatics
Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo
October 2004

Appointments

Norwegian digitisation council (Digitaliseringsrådet)
The Norwegian Governement (Regjeringen)
January 2016

Awards

Impact paper award (most influential paper)
ACM Sigsoft
November 2014

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2014

Journal articles

M. Jørgensen

What We Do and Don't Know About Software Development Effort Estimation

IEEE Software 31, no. 2 (2014): 37-40.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

Failure Factors of Small Software Projects at a Global Outsourcing Marketplace

Journal of Systems and Software 92 (2014): 157-169.
Status: Published
2013

Journal articles

M. Jørgensen

Relative Estimation of Software Development Effort: It Matters With What and How You Compare

IEEE Software (2013): 74-79.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects

Information and Software Technology 55 (2013): 1640-1650.
Status: Published
2011

Journal articles

T. Halkjelsvik, M. Jørgensen and K. Teigen

To Read Two Pages, I Need 5 Minutes, But Give Me 5 Minutes and I Will Read Four: How to Change Productivity Estimates by Inverting the Question

Applied Cognitive Psychology 25 (2011): 314-323.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen and S. Grimstad

The Impact of Irrelevant and Misleading Information on Software Development Effort Estimates: a Randomized Controlled Field Experiment

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 37 (2011): 695-707.
Status: Published
M. Jørgensen

Contrasting Ideal and Realistic Conditions As a Means to Improve Judgment-Based Software Development Effort Estimation

Information and Software Technology 53 (2011): 1382-1390.
Status: Published

Book chapters

M. Jørgensen

Overconfidence in the Accuracy of Own Work Effort Predictions: the Role of Interval Width

In Perspectives on thinking, judging, and decision making, 47-56. Universitetsforlaget, 2011.
Status: Published