F. FRONCHETTI, N. RITSCHEL, L. SCHORR, C. BARFIELD, G. CHANG, R. SPINOLA, R. HOLMES, D. SHEPHERD. Block-based Programming for Two-Armed Robots: A Comparative Study. In the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE2024). 2024. Lisbon, Portugal. 

J. FRATTINI, D. FUCCI, D. MENDEZ, R. SPINOLA, V. MANDIC, N. TAUSAN, M.O. AHMAD, and J. GONZALEZ-HUERTA. An initial Theory to Understand and Manage Requirements Engineering Debt in Practice. Information and Software Technology 2023.

S. FREIRE, N. RIOS, B. PEREZ, C. CASTELLANOS, D. CORREAL, R. RAMAC, V. MANDIC, N. TAUSAN, G. LOPEZ, A. PACHECO, M. MENDONCA, D. FALESSI, C. IZURIETA, C. SEAMAN, and R. SPINOLA. Software practitioners’ point of view on technical debt payment. In the Journal of Systems and Software, 2023, 111554, ISSN 0164-1212, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.111554.

F. GOMES, E. SANTOS, Sávio Freire, T. MENDES, M. MENDONCA, AND R. SPÍNOLA. Investigating the Point of View of Project Management Practitioners on Technical Debt - A Study on Stack Exchange. In the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development. 2023.

C. BERENGUER, A. BORGES, S. FREIRE, N. RIOS, R. RAMAC, V. MANDIC, N. TAUSAN, N. RIOS, S. FREIRE, B. PEREZ, C. CASTELLANOS, D. CORREAL, A. PACHECO, G. LOPEZ, M. MENDONÇA, D. FALESSI, C. SEAMAN, C. IZURIETA, AND R. SPÍNOLA. Investigating the Relationship between Technical Debt Management and Software Development Issues. In the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development. 2023.

S. FREIRE, V. ROCHA, M. MENDONCA, C. IZURIETA, C. SEAMAN, R. SPINOLA. Assessing IDEA Diagrams for Supporting Analysis of Capabilities and Issues in Technical Debt Management. International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES).

L. SANTOS, S. FREIRE, A. SANTOS, M. MENDONÇA, and SPÍNOLA, R. A Thematic Synthesis on Empathy in Software Engineering. In the XXXVII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering. 2023. Campo Grande, Brazil. (Distinguished paper award)

S. FREIRE, F. GOMES, L. BARBOSA, T. MENDES, G. REGES, R. MACIEL, M. MENDONÇA, and SPÍNOLA, R. Requirements Engineering Issues Experienced by Software Practitioners: A Study on Stack Exchange. In the 29th International Working Conference on Requirement Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality. 2023. Barcelona, Spain.

A. PACHECO, G. MARIN-RAVENTOS, R. SPINOLA, G. LOPEZ, and C. Seaman. Making Technical Debt Visible Using Hybrid Sankey Diagrams: An Industrial Case Study. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering Vol. 32, No. 9 (2022) 1–34. 

R. RAMAC, V. MANDIC, N. TAUSAN, N. RIOS, S. FREIRE, B. PEREZ, C. CASTELLANOS, D. CORREAL, A. PACHECO, G. LOPEZ, C. IZURIETA, C. SEAMAN, AND R. SPÍNOLA. Prevalence, Common Causes and Effects of Technical Debt: Results from a Family of Surveys with the IT Industry. In the Journal of Systems and Software. 2022.

GOMES, F., SANTOS, E., FREIRE, S., MENDONÇA, M., MENDES, T., AND SPÍNOLA, R. Investigating the Point of View of Project Management Practitioners on Technical Debt - A Preliminary Study on Stack Exchange. In the 5th International Conference on Technical Debt. 2022. Pennsylvania, United States.

SOARES, G.; FREIRE, S.; RIOS, N.; PEREZ, B., CASTELLANOS, C., CORREAL, D., MENDONÇA, M., IZURIETA, C., SEAMAN, C., AND SPÍNOLA, R.. Investigating how Agile Software Practitioners Repay Technical Debt in Software Projects. In the 21th Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS), 2022, Brazil.

SANTOS, E.; GOMES, F., FREIRE, S.; MENDONÇA, M., SOUTO, T., AND SPÍNOLA, R.. Technical Debt on Agile Projects: Managers Point of View at Stack Exchange. In the 21th Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS), 2022, Brazil.

RIOS, N.; SPÍNOLA, R., AND TRAVASSOS, G.H.. Exploring Technical Debt on IoT Software Projects. In the 21th Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS), 2022, Brazil.

BARBOSA, L.; FREIRE, S.; RIOS, N.; RAMAC, R., MANDIC, V., TAUSAN, N., PEREZ, B., CASTELLANOS, C., CORREAL, D., PACHECO, A., LOPEZ, G., MACIEL, R., MENDONÇA, M., FALESSI, D., SEAMAN, C., IZURIETA, C., AND SPÍNOLA, R.. A Organizing the TD Management Landscape for Requirements and Requirements Documentation Debt. In The Workshop on Requirements Engineering (WER), 2022, Brazil.

ROCHA, V., FREIRE, S., MENDONÇA, M., AND SPÍNOLA, R. Evaluating a Conceptual Framework for Supporting Technical Debt Management in Testing Activities. In the 7th Brazilian Symposium on Systematic and Automated Software Testing. 2022. Brazil.

RAMAC, R.; TAUSAN, N.; MANDIC, V.; FREIRE, SAVIO ; RIOS, NICOLLI, PEREZ, BORIS ; CASTELLANOS, CAMILO ; CORREAL, DARIO;  PACHECO, A.; LOPEZ, G.; IZURIETA, CLEMENTE ; FALESSI, DAVIDE ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN B. ; and SPINOLA, RODRIGO. Technical and Non-Technical Prioritization Schema for Technical Debt: Voice of TD-Experienced Practitioners. IEEE SOFTWARE, v. 1, p. 1, 2021.

FREIRE, SAVIO ; RIOS, NICOLLI, PEREZ, BORIS ; CASTELLANOS, CAMILO ; CORREAL, DARIO; RAMAC, R.; TAUSAN, N.; MANDIC, V.; PACHECO, A.; LOPEZ, G.; MENDONCA, MANOEL ; IZURIETA, CLEMENTE ; FALESSI, DAVIDE ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN B. ; and SPINOLA, RODRIGO. Pitfalls and Solutions for Technical Debt Management in Agile Software Projects. IEEE SOFTWARE, v. 1, p. 1, 2021.

PEREZ, BORIS ; CASTELLANOS, CAMILO ; CORREAL, DARIO; RIOS, NICOLLI; FREIRE, SAVIO;  SPINOLA, RODRIGO; SEAMAN, CAROLYN, and IZURIETA, CLEMENTE.  Technical debt payment and prevention through the lenses of software architects. INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, v. 140, p. 106692, 2021.

CHUG, M.; CHUG, N.; UPADHYAY, R.K., and SPÍNOLA, R. Investigating Technical Debt Trends in Software Development: A Bibliometric Analysis. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2021.

RIOS, NICOLLI ; FREIRE, SAVIO ; PEREZ, BORIS ; CASTELLANOS, CAMILO ; CORREAL, DARIO ; MENDONCA, MANOEL ; FALESSI, DAVIDE ; IZURIETA, CLEMENTE ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN B. ; SPINOLA, RODRIGO. On the Relationship Between Technical Debt Management and Process Models. IEEE SOFTWARE, v. 1, p. 1, 2021.

C. BERENGUER, A. BORGES, S. FREIRE, N. RIOS, R. RAMAC, V. MANDIC, N. TAUSAN, N. RIOS, S. FREIRE, B. PEREZ, C. CASTELLANOS, D. CORREAL, A. PACHECO, G. LOPEZ, D. FALESSI, C. SEAMAN, C. IZURIETA, AND R. SPÍNOLA. Technical Debt is not Only about Code and We Need to be Aware about It. In the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality. 2021.

N. RIOS, R. SPÍNOLA, AND M. MENDONÇA. Organização de um Conjunto de Descobertas Experimentais sobre Causas e Efeitos da Dívida Técnica através de uma Família de Surveys Globalmente Distribuída. In the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (CTD). 2021

FREIRE, SÁVIO ; RIOS, N. ; PEREZ, B. ; CORREAL, D. ; MENDONÇA, MANOEL ; IZURIETA, C. ; SEAMAN, C. ; SPINOLA, R. . How do Technical Debt Payment Practices Relate to the Effects of the Presence of Debt Items in Software Projects?. In: 28th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering, 2021, Honolulu. 28th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering, 2021. v. 1. p. 1.

FREIRE, SAVIO ; RIOS, N. ; PEREZ, BORIS ; CASTELLANOS, CAMILO ; CORREAL, D. ; RAMAC, R. ; MANDIC, V. ; TAU?AN, N. ; LOPEZ, G. ; PACHECO, A. ; FALESSI, D. ; MENDONCA, M. ; IZURIETA, C. ; SEAMAN, C. ; SPINOLA, R. . How Experience Impacts Practitioners' Perception of Causes and Effects of Technical Debt. In: 14th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering, 2021, Madrid. 14th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering, 2021. v. 1. p. 1

BERENGUER, C; BORGES, A.; FREIRE, S.; RIOS, N.; and SPINOLA, R. Investigating the Relationship between Technical Debt Prevention and Software Development Activities: A Survey with Professionals. To appear in The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2021, Toronto. 

FARIAS, M.; MENDES, T., MENDONÇA, M; and SPINOLA, R. On Comment Patterns that are Good Indicators of the Presence of Self-Admitted Technical Debt and those that Lead to False Positive Items. To appear in The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2021, Toronto. 

ROCHA, V.; FREIRE, S.; RIOS, N.; LIMA, C.; RIBEIRO, L.; PEREZ, B.; DIAS-NETO, A.; MOURA, H.; CORREAL, D.; MENDONÇA, M.; and SPINOLA, R. A Conceptual Framework to Support the Management of Technical Debt in Software Testing. To appear in The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2021, Toronto.

FARIAS, M. A. F. ; MENDONCA, M. ; KALINOWSKI, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Identifying Self-Admitted Technical Debt through Code Comment Analysis with a Contextualized Vocabulary. INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, v. 1, p. 106270, 2020.

RIOS, N. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SEAMAN, C. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . The practitioners' point of view on the concept of technical debt and its causes and consequences: a design for a global family of industrial surveys and its first results from Brazil. EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (DORDRECHT. ONLINE), p. 3216-3287, 2020.

FREIRE, SÁVIO ; RIOS, NICOLLI ; MENDONÇA, MANOEL ; FALESSI, DAVIDE ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN ; IZURIETA, CLEMENTE ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO O. . Actions and impediments for technical debt prevention. In: SAC '20: The 35th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, 2020, Brno Czech Republic. Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. v. 1. p. 1548.

RIOS, N. ; MENDES, L. ; CERDEIRAL, C. ; MAGALHAES, A. P. F. ; PEREZ, B. ; CORREAL, D. ; ASTUDILLO, H. ; SEAMAN, C. ; IZURIETA, C. ; SOUZA, G. S. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Hearing the Voice of Software Practitioners on Causes, Effects, and Practices to Deal with Documentation Debt. In: The 26th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, 2020, Pisa. The 26th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, 2020. v. 1. p. 1.

FREIRE, E. S. S. ; RIOS, N. ; PEREZ, B. ; CORREAL, D. ; MENDONCA, M. ; IZURIETA, C. ; SEAMAN, C. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Surveying Software Practitioners on Technical Debt Payment Practices and Reasons for not Paying off Debt Items. In: The International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2020, Trondheim. The International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2020. v. 1.

PEREZ, B. ; CASTELLANOS, C. C. ; CORREAL, D. ; RIOS, N. ; FREIRE, E. S. S. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; SEAMAN, C. . What are the Practices used by Software Practitioners on Technical Debt Payment? Results From an International Family of Surveys. In: International Conference on Technical Debt, 2020, Seoul. International Conference on Technical Debt, 2020. v. 1.

FREIRE, SÁVIO ; PASSOS, A. F. O. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SANT?ANNA, C. N. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . On the Influence of UML Class Diagrams Refactoring on Code Debt: A Family of Replicated Empirical Studies. In: The Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2020, Portoroz. The Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2020. v. 1. p. 1.

RAMAC, R. ; MANDIC, V. ; TAUSAN, N. ; RIOS, N. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SEAMAN, C. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Common Causes and Effects of Technical Debt in Serbian IT: InsighTD Survey Replication. In: The Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), 2020, Portoroz. The Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), 2020. v. 1. p. 1.

SOUZA, L. ; FREIRE, SÁVIO ; ROCHA, V. ; RIOS, N. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONCA, M. . Using Surveys to Build-up Empirical Evidence on Test-Related Technical Debt. In: The 34th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2020), 2020, São Luís. The 34th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2020), 2020. v. 1. p. 1.

GAMA, E. ; FREIRE, SÁVIO ; MENDONCA, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; PAIXAO, M.; CORTÉS, M. . Using Stack Overflow to Assess Technical Debt Identification on Software Projects. In: The 34th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2020), 2020, São Luis. The 34th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2020), 2020. v. 1. p. 1.

RAMAC, R. ; TAUSAN, N. ; FREIRE, SÁVIO ; RIOS, NICOLLI ; MENDONÇA, MANOEL ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MANDIC, V. . Technical Debt Payment Practices and Rationales Behind Payment Avoidance in the Serbian IT Industry. In: 18th International Scientific Conference on Industrial Systems Industrial Innovation in Digital Age - IS'20, 2020, Novi Sad. 18th International Scientific Conference on Industrial Systems Industrial Innovation in Digital Age - IS'20, 2020. v. 1. p. 1.

MENDES, THIAGO S. ; GOMES, F. ; GONCALVES, D. ; MENDONCA, M. ; NOVAIS, R. L. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . VisminerTD: a tool for automatic identification and interactive monitoring of the evolution of technical debt items. JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN COMPUTER SOCIETY (ONLINE), v. 25, p. 1-28, 2019.

WAGNER, Stefan ; GREER, DESMOND ; LASSENIUS, CASPER ; MÄNNISTÖ, TOMI ; NAYEBI, MALEKNAZ ; OIVO, MARKKU ; PENZENSTADLER, BIRGIT ; PRIKLADNICKI, Rafael ; RUHE, GUENTHER ; SCHEKELMANN, ANDRÉ ; SEN, SAGAR ; FERNÁNDEZ, DANIEL MÉNDEZ ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO ; TUZCU, AHMED ; VARA, JOSE LUIS DE LA ; WINKLER, DIETMAR ; FELDERER, MICHAEL ; VETRÒ, ANTONIO ; KALINOWSKI, MARCOS ; WIERINGA, ROEL ; PFAHL, DIETMAR ; CONTE, TAYANA ; CHRISTIANSSON, MARIE-THERESE . Status Quo in Requirements Engineering. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND METHODOLOGY, v. 28, p. 1-48, 2019. 

SPÍNOLA, R. O.; ZAZWORKA, N. ; VETRO, A. ; SHULL, F. ; SEAMAN, C. . Understanding Automated and Human Based Technical Debt Identification Approaches ? A Two-Phase Study. JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN COMPUTER SOCIETY (ONLINE), v. 1, p. 1, 2019.

FARIAS, M. A. F. ; XISTO, R. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SANTOS, M. S. ; COLACO, M. . Identificação de Dívida Técnica por meio de uma Ferramenta de Mineração de Comentários de Código-fonte. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2019, Aracajú. XV Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação, 2019. v. 1. p. 1-8.

RIOS, N. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SEAMAN, C. . Supporting Analysis of Technical Debt Causes and Effects with Cross-Company Probabilistic Cause-Effect Diagrams. In: International Conference on Technical Debt, 2019, Montreal. International Conference on Technical Debt, 2019. v. 1. p. 1.

RIOS, N. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SEAMAN, C. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Causes and Effects of the Presence of Technical Debt in Agile Software Projects. In: The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2019, Cancun. The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2019. v. 1. p. 1-10.

CAIRES, V. ; RIOS, N. ; HOLVITIE, J. ; LEPPANEN, V. ; LICORISH, S. A. ; MACDONELL, S. G. ; BUCHAN, J. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Agile Processes and Practices Sensitive to Technical Debt - A Comparison of the Results from a Survey Performed in Brazil, Finland, and New Zealand. In: The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2019, Cancun. The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2019. v. 1. p. 1-10.

SANTOS, S. L. A. C. ; RIOS, N. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Monitoring the Contribution of Development Teams in the Evolution of Technical Debt Items in Software Projects. In: The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2019, Cancun. The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2019. v. 1. p. 1-10.

LAGE, L. C. ; TREVISAN, D. ; KALINOWSKI, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Usability Technical Debt in Software Projects: A Multi-Case Study. In: ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), 2019, Porto de Galinhas. The 13th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), 2019. v. 1. p. 1.

GOMES, F. ; MENDES, T. S. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONCA, M. . Uma análise da relação entre code smells e dívida técnica auto-admitida. In: The 7th Workshop on Software Visualization, Evolution and Maintenance (VEM 2019), 2019, Salvador. The 7th Workshop on Software Visualization, Evolution and Maintenance (VEM 2019), 2019.

GUTIERREZ, B. R. P. ; ASTUDILLO, H. ; CORREAL, D. ; CARVAJAL, J. P. B. ; RIOS, NICOLLI ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SEAMAN, C. . Familiarity, Causes and Reactions of Software Practitioners to the Presence of Technical Debt: A Replicated Study in the Chilean Software Industry. In: 38th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, 2019, Concepción. 38th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, 2019. v. 1. p. 1.

RIOS, NICOLLI ; MENDONÇA NETO, MANOEL GOMES DE ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO OLIVEIRA . A tertiary study on technical debt: Types, management strategies, research trends, and base information for practitioners. INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, v. 102, p. 117-145, 2018.

HOLVITIE, JOHANNES ; LICORISH, SHERLOCK A. ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO O. ; HYRYNSALMI, SAMI ; MACDONELL, STEPHEN G. ; MENDES, THIAGO S. ; BUCHAN, JIM ; LEPPÄNEN, VILLE . Technical debt and agile software development practices and processes: An industry practitioner survey. INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, v. 96, p. 141-160, 2018.

RIOS, N. ; SANTOS, J. A. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Investigating Technical Debt Folklore: A Replicated Survey. In: The 30th International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, 2018, San Francisco. The 30th International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, 2018.

CAIRES, V. ; RIOS, N. ; HOLVITIE, J. ; LEPPANEN, V. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Investigating the Effects of Agile Practices and Processes on Technical Debt - The Viewpoint of the Brazilian Software Industry. In: The 30th International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, 2018, San Francisco. The 30th International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, 2018.

PASSOS, A. F. O. ; FARIAS, M. A. F. ; LIMA, C. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . A Systematic Mapping Study on Software Comments Analysis. In: The 30th International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, 2018, San Francisco. The 30th International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, 2018.

RIOS, N. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SEAMAN, C. . A Study of Factors that Lead Development Teams to Incur Technical Debt in Software Projects. In: The 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2018, Praga. The 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2018.

RIOS, NICOLLI ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SEAMAN, C. . The Most Common Causes and Effects of Technical Debt: First Results from a Global Family of Industrial Surveys. In: 12th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2018, Oulu. 12th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2018.

FARIAS, M. A. F. ; PASSOS, A. F. O. ; MENDONCA, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Identificação de Dívida Técnica de Documentação e Requisito através da Análise de Comentários de Código Fonte. In: XVII Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software, 2018, Curitiba. Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software, 2018.

FERNÁNDEZ, D. MÉNDEZ ; WAGNER, S. ; KALINOWSKI, M. ; FELDERER, M. ; MAFRA, P. ; VETRÒ, A. ; CONTE, T. ; CHRISTIANSSON, M.-T. ; GREER, D. ; LASSENIUS, C. ; MÄNNISTÖ, T. ; NAYABI, M. ; OIVO, M. ; PENZENSTADLER, B. ; PFAHL, D. ; PRIKLADNICKI, R. ; RUHE, G. ; SCHEKELMANN, A. ; SEN, S. ; SPINOLA, R. ; TUZCU, A. ; DE LA VARA, J. L. ; WIERINGA, R. . Naming the pain in requirements engineering. EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (DORDRECHT. ONLINE), v. 22, p. 2298-2338, 2017. 

KALINOWSKI, M. ; CURTY, P. ; PAES, A. ; FERREIRA, A. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; FERNANDEZ, DANIEL MENDEZ ; FELDERER, M. ; WAGNER, S. . Supporting defect causal analysis in practice with cross-company data on causes of requirements engineering problems. In: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2017, Buenos Aires. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2017. v. 1. p. 223-232.

RIBEIRO, L. F. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . A Strategy Based on Multiple Decision Criteria to Support Technical Debt Management. In: Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2017, Viena. Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2017. v. 1. p. 1.

ALVES, N. S. R. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Organização do Corpo de Conhecimento sobre Dívida Técnica: Tipos, Indicadores, Estratégias de Gerenciamento e Causas. In: XVI Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software, 2017, Rio de Janeiro. XVI Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software, 2017.

GOMES, F. ; CARVALHO, L. ; MENDES, T. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; NOVAIS, R. L. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. . RepositoryMiner ? Uma Ferramenta Extensível de Mineração de Repositórios de Software para Identificação Automática de Dívida Técnica. In: VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Software, 2017, Fortaleza. VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Software, 2017.

MENDES, T. ; GONCALVES, D. ; GOMES, F. ; NOVAIS, R. L. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. . VisMinerTD: Uma Ferramenta para Identificação Automática e Monitoramento Interativo de Dívida Técnica. In: V Workshop de Visualização, Evolução e Manutenção de Software, 2017, Fortaleza. V Workshop de Visualização, Evolução e Manutenção de Software, 2017.

ALVES, NICOLLI S.R. ; MENDES, THIAGO S. ; DE MENDONÇA, MANOEL G. ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO O. ; SHULL, FORREST ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN . Identification and management of technical debt: A systematic mapping study. Information and Software Technology, v. 70, p. 100-121, 2016. 

FARIAS, M. A. F. ; NOVAIS, R. L. ; COLACO, M. ; CARVALHO, L. P. S. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . A Systematic Mapping Study on Mining Software Repositories. In: 31st ACM Symposium On Applied Computing, 2016, Pisa. 31st ACM Symposium On Applied Computing, 2016. v. 1.

MENDES, T. S. ; SOARES, H. F. ; FARIAS, M. A. F. ; KALINOWSKI, M. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Impacts of Agile Requirements Documentation Debt on Software Projects: A Retrospective Study. In: 31st ACM Symposium On Applied Computing, 2016, Pisa. 31st ACM Symposium On Applied Computing, 2016. v. 1.

FARIAS, M. A. F. ; SANTOS, J. A. ; SILVA, A. B. ; KALINOWSKI, M. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Investigating the Use of a Contextualized Vocabulary in the Identification of Technical Debt: A Controlled Experiment. In: 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2016), 2016, Roma. 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2016), 2016. v. 1. p. 369-378.

RIBEIRO, L. F. ; FARIAS, M. A. F. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Decision Criteria for the Payment of Technical Debt in Software Projects: A Systematic Mapping Study. In: 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2016), 2016, Roma. 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2016), 2016. v. 1. p. 572-579.

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FARIAS, M. A. F. ; COLACO, M. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. . Identifying Technical Debt through Code Comment Analysis. In: 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2016), 2016, Roma. In Doctoral Consortium (DCEIS 2016), 2016. v. 1. p. 9-14.

RIBEIRO, L. F. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Um Survey sobre a Pertinência e Relevância de Critérios de Decisão para Apoiar o Gerenciamento de Itens de Dívida Técnica. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software, 2016, Maceio. Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software, 2016. v. 15. p. 256-270.

FERNANDEZ, DANIEL MENDEZ ; WAGNER, STEFAN ; KALINOWSKI, MARCOS ; SCHEKELMANN, ANDRE ; TUZCU, AHMET ; CONTE, TAYANA ; SPINOLA, RODRIGO ; PRIKLADNICKI, RAFAEL . Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: Comparing Practices in Brazil and Germany. IEEE SOFTWARE, v. 32, p. 16-23, 2015.

SOARES, H. F. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; MENDES, T. S. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. ; SPINOLA, RODRIGO O. . Investigating the Link between User Stories and Documentation Debt on Software Projects. In: International Conference on Information Technology - New Generations, 2015, Las Vegas. International Conference on Information Technology - New Generations, 2015.

MENDES, T. S. ; ALMEIDA, D. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; SPINOLA, RODRIGO O. ; NOVAIS, R. L. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. . VisMinerTD - An Open Source Tool to Support the Monitoring of the Technical Debt Evolution using Software Visualization. In: 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2015, Barcelona. 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2015.

KALINOWSKI, M. ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO O. ; CONTE, T. ; PRIKLADNICKI, R. ; FERNANDEZ, D. M. ; WAGNER, S. . Towards Building Knowledge on Causes of Critical Requirements Engineering Problems. In: The Twenty-Seventh International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE 2015), 2015, Pittsburgh. The Twenty-Seventh International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE 2015), 2015.

ALVES, N. S. R. ; ARAUJO, R. S. ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO O. . A Collaborative Computational Infrastructure for Supporting Technical Debt Knowledge Sharing and Evolution. In: Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2015, Puerto Rico. 2015 Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2015.

FARIAS, M. A. F. ; SILVA, A. B. ; MENDONÇA NETO, M. G. ; SPINOLA, RODRIGO O. . A Contextualized Vocabulary Model for Identifying Technical Debt on Code Comments. In: Seventh International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, 2015, Bremen. Seventh International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, 2015. v. 1. p. 25-32.

SHYBA, V. W. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Monitoramento da Dívida Técnica com God Classes. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 74, p. 43-51, 2015.

GUO, YUEPU ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO OLIVEIRA ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN . Exploring the costs of technical debt management - a case study. EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, v. 1, p. 1-24, 2014.

KALINOWSKI, MARCOS ; BIFFL, STEFAN ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO OLIVEIRA ; REINEHR, SHEILA . From project-oriented to service-oriented software development: an industrial experience guided by a service reference model. Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development, v. 2, p. 10-31, 2014.

GUO, YUEPU ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO OLIVEIRA ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN . Exploring the costs of technical debt management - a case study. EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, v. 1, p. 1-24, 2014. 

ALVES, NICOLLI S.R. ; RIBEIRO, LEILANE F. ; CAIRES, VIVYANE ; MENDES, THIAGO S. ; SPINOLA, RODRIGO O. . Towards an Ontology of Terms on Technical Debt. In: 2014 6th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD), 2014, Victoria. 2014 Sixth International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, 2014. p. 1-7. 

SOUZA, J. L. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Uso de Critérios para Geração de Casos de Teste: Um Estudo de Caso. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 1, p. 44-50, 2014.

MATOS, M. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Uma análise sobre requisitos tradicionais e ágeis. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 66, p. 6-10, 2014.

SPÍNOLA, R. O.. Especificando casos de uso eficazes. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 66, p. 49-51, 2014.

SPINOLA, RODRIGO O.; VETRO, ANTONIO ; ZAZWORKA, NICO ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN ; SHULL, FORREST . Investigating technical debt folklore: Shedding some light on technical debt opinion. In: 2013 4th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD), 2013, San Francisco. 2013 4th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD). p. 1.

ZAZWORKA, NICO ; SPÍNOLA, RODRIGO O. ; VETRO', ANTONIO ; SHULL, FORREST ; SEAMAN, CAROLYN . A case study on effectively identifying technical debt. In: the 17th International Conference, 2013, Porto de Galinhas. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering - EASE '13. New York: ACM Press. p. 42.

SOUZA, J. L. ; ROCHA, T. O. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Definição de processos considerando restrições do projeto. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 64, p. 44-47, 2013.

MACEDO, A. ; ALMEIDA, D. ; TORRES, E. ; ALVES, N. S. R. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Definição de ciclo de vida e processo de software. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 62, p. 18-24, 2013.

ALVES, N. S. R. ; MACEDO, A. ; ALMEIDA, D. ; TORRES, E. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. . Especificação de casos e procedimentos de teste. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 61, p. 43-51, 2013.

SILVA, E. ; SPÍNOLA, R. O. ; KALINOWSKI, M. . Implementando Gerência de Reutilização de Software. Engenharia de Software Magazine, v. 59, p. 31-39, 2013.