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Panagiota Chatzipetrou

Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: Örebro University School of Business

Email: cGFuYWdpb3RhLmNoYXR6aXBldHJvdTtvcnUuc2U=

Phone: +46 19 303126

Room: N4049

Research subject

Informatics

Research environments

Centre for empirical research on information systems (CERIS)

About Panagiota Chatzipetrou

Dr. Panagiota Chatzipetrou is an Associate Professor (Docent) at the Department of Informatics at Örebro University in Örebro, Sweden, where she belongs to the Centre for Empirical Research on Information Systems (CERIS).

She received her BSc degree in Informatics, MSc in “Informatics and Business Administration,” and Ph.D. in Informatics from the Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. Her doctoral dissertation is titled “Statistical methods in information systems project planning.” In parallel, she holds a master’s in pedagogy and didactics and has been educated in special education, learning difficulties, and dyslexia.

As a researcher, she mainly focuses on empirical studies under the different perspectives of software development. She works on behavioral software engineering and the exploitation of the human factor under the different views that ultimately determine the quality of software product development. Her research interests include applications of statistical methods to quality problems in software engineering, especially requirements engineering. She aims to explore how large language models (LLMs) can be used for Requirements analysis processes and works towards the different uses of AI in requirements engineering. Furthermore, she is performing research on remote work, distributed and outsourcing software development. Moreover, she has been working with decision support systems for the development of software-intensive systems and large-scale agile (and global) software development.

She has conducted research with several international companies, such as Ericsson, Spotify, Storebrand, Trafikverket, and Fortnox, and collaborated with numerous higher education institutions in Sweden, Greece, and Great Britain. She has served as a PC member for SEAA, ESEM, PROFES, WISE, IWSM-Mensura, and as a reviewer for EMSE, JSS, JSEP, EJIS, IST, JCST, IET Software, EMJ, etc.

Research projects
Publications

Active projects

Publications

Articles in journals | Chapters in books | Conference papers | Reports |

Articles in journals

Tran, H. K. V. , Ali, N. b. , Unterkalmsteiner, M. , Borstler, J. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2025). Quality attributes of test cases and test suites - importance & challenges from practitioners' perspectives. Software quality journal, 33 (1). [BibTeX]
Yu, L. , Alegroth, E. , Chatzipetrou, P. & Gorschek, T. (2024). A Roadmap for Using Continuous Integration Environments. Communications of the ACM, 67 (6), 82-90. [BibTeX]
Yu, L. , Alégroth, E. , Chatzipetrou, P. & Gorschek, T. (2023). Automated NFR testing in continuous integration environments: a multi-case study of Nordic companies. Empirical Software Engineering, 28 (6). [BibTeX]
Franch, X. , Palomares, C. , Quer, C. , Chatzipetrou, P. & Gorschek, T. (2023). The state-of-practice in requirements specification: an extended interview study at 12 companies. Requirements Engineering, 28 (3), 377-409. [BibTeX]
Klotins, E. , Unterkalmsteiner, M. , Chatzipetrou, P. , Gorschek, T. , Prikladnicki, R. , Tripathi, N. & Pompermaier, L. B. (2021). A progression model of software engineering goals, challenges, and practices in start-ups. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 47 (3), 498-521. [BibTeX]
Palomares, C. , Franch, X. , Quer, C. , Chatzipetrou, P. , López, L. & Gorschek, T. (2021). The state-of-practice in requirements elicitation: an extended interview study at 12 companies. Requirements Engineering, 26 (2), 273-299. [BibTeX]
Klotins, E. , Unterkalmsteiner, M. , Chatzipetrou, P. , Gorschek, T. , Prikladnicki, R. , Tripathi, N. & Pompermaier, L. B. (2021). Use of Agile Practices in Start-up Companies. e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal, 15 (1), 47-64. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Papatheocharous, E. , Wnuk, K. , Borg, M. , Alégroth, E. & Gorschek, T. (2020). Component attributes and their importance in decisions and component selection. Software quality journal, 28 (2), 567-593. [BibTeX]
Smite, D. , Moe, N. B. , Floryan, M. , Levinta, G. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2020). Spotify guilds. Communications of the ACM, 63 (3), 58-61. [BibTeX]
Smite, D. , van Solingen, R. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2020). The Offshoring Elephant in the Room: Turnover. IEEE Software, 37 (3), 54-62. [BibTeX]
Yu, L. , Alégroth, E. , Chatzipetrou, P. & Gorschek, T. (2020). Utilising CI environment for efficient and effective testing of NFRs. Information and Software Technology, 117. [BibTeX]
Borg, M. , Chatzipetrou, P. , Wnuk, K. , Alégroth, E. , Gorschek, T. , Papatheocharous, E. , Shah, S. M. A. & Axelsson, J. (2019). Selecting component sourcing options: A survey of software engineering's broader make-or-buy decisions. Information and Software Technology, 112, 18-34. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. (2019). Software Cost Estimation: A State-Of-The-Art Statistical and Visualization Approach for Missing Data. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology (IJSSMET), 10 (3), 14-31. [BibTeX]
Nurdiani, I. , Börstler, J. , Fricker, S. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2019). Strategies to Introduce Agile Practices: Comparing Agile Maturity Models with Practitioners’ Experience. Empirical Software Engineering. [BibTeX]
Nurdiani, I. , Börstler, J. , Fricker, S. , Petersen, K. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2019). Understanding the order of agile practice introduction: Comparing agile maturity models and practitioners' experience. Journal of Systems and Software, 156, 1-20. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Papatheocharous, E. , Angelis, L. & Andreou, A. S. (2015). A multivariate statistical framework for the analysis of software effort phase distribution. Information and Software Technology, 59, 149-169. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Angelis, L. , Barney, S. & Wohlin, C. (2015). An experience-based framework for evaluating alignment of software quality goals. Software quality journal, 23 (4), 567-594. [BibTeX]
Barney, S. , Mohankumar, V. , Chatzipetrou, P. , Aurum, A. , Wohlin, C. & Angelis, L. (2014). Software quality across borders: Three case studies on company internal alignment. Information and Software Technology, 56 (1), 20-38. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Angelis, L. , Mittas, N. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2018). A Framework of Statistical and Visualization Techniques for Missing Data Analysis in Software Cost Estimation. In: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Computer Systems and Software Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 433-460). . IGI Global. [BibTeX]
Angelis, L. , Sentas, P. , Mittas, N. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2011). Methods for Statistical and Visual Comparison of Imputation Methods for Missing Data in Software Cost Estimation. In: Ali H. Dogru, Veli Biçer, Modern Software Engineering Concepts and Practices: Advanced Approaches (pp. 221-241). . IGI Global. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Smite, D. , Tkalich, A. , Moe, N. B. , Chatzipetrou, P. , Klotins, E. & Helland, P. K. (2025). Dual Effects of Hybrid Working on Performance: More Work Hours or More Work Time. In: Lodovica Marchesi; Alfredo Goldman; Maria Ilaria Lunesu; Adam Przybyłek; Ademar Aguiar; Lorraine Morgan; Xiaofeng Wang; Andrea Pinna, Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops XP 2024 Workshops, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, June 4–7, 2024, Revised Selected Papers: Conference proceedings. Paper presented at XP 2024 Workshops, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, June 4–7, 2024. (pp. 63-70). Springer. [BibTeX]
Yu, L. , Alégroth, E. , Chatzipetrou, P. & Gorschek, T. (2024). Experience with Large Language Model Applications for Information Retrieval from Enterprise Proprietary Data. In: Dietmar Pfahl; Javier Gonzalez Huerta; Jil Klünder; Hina Anwar, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement 25th International Conference, PROFES 2024, Tartu, Estonia, December 2–4, 2024, Proceedings. Paper presented at 25th International Conference (PROFES 2024), Tartu, Estonia, December 2–4, 2024. (pp. 92-107). Springer. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Smite, D. , Tkalich, A. , Moe, N. B. & Klotins, E. (2024). Interest in Working Remotely: Is Gender a Factor?. In: Dietmar Pfahl; Javier Gonzalez Huerta; Jil Klünder; Hina Anwar, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement 25th International Conference, PROFES 2024, Tartu, Estonia, December 2–4, 2024, Proceedings. Paper presented at 25th International Conference (PROFES 2024), Tartu, Estonia, December 2–4, 2024. (pp. 156-171). Springer. [BibTeX]
Petersson, J. , Hatakka, M. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2020). Students Perception on Group Workshops – A Comparison Between Campus-Based and Online Workshops. In: Carsten Busch, Martin Steinicke and Tilo Wendler, Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL 2020. Paper presented at 19th European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2020 - A Virtual Conference), Berlin, Germany, October 28-30, 2020. (pp. 397-405). ACI Academic Conferences International. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Unterkalmsteiner, M. & Gorschek, T. (2019). Requirements’ Characteristics: How do they Impact on Project Budget in a Systems Engineering Context?. In: 2019 45th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) Proceedings. Paper presented at 45th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2019), Kallithea-Chalkidiki, Greece, August 28-30, 2019. (pp. 260-267). IEEE. [BibTeX]
Nurdiani, I. , Börstler, J. , Fricker, S. A. , Petersen, K. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2019). Understanding the order of agile practice introduction: Comparing agile maturity models and practitioners’ experience. Paper presented at 20th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2019), Barcelona, Spain, November 27-29, 2019. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Ouriques, R. & Gonzalez-Huerta, J. (2018). Approaching the Relative Estimation Concept with Planning Poker. In: CSERC '18 The 7th Computer Science Education Research Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, October 10 - 12, 2018 The 7th Computer Science Education Research Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, October 10 - 12, 2018. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 7th Computer Science Education Research Conference. (pp. 21-25). ACM Digital Library. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Alégroth, E. , Papatheocharous, E. , Borg, M. , Gorschek, T. & Wnuk, K. (2018). Component selection in Software Engineering: Which attributes are the most important in the decision process?. In: Bures, T; Angelis, L, 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2018 Proceedings. Paper presented at 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2018), Prague, Czech Republic, August 29-31, 2018. (pp. 198-205). IEEE conference proceedings. [BibTeX]
Klotins, E. , Unterkalmsteiner, M. , Chatzipetrou, P. , Gorschek, T. , Prikladnicki, R. , Tripathi, N. & Pompermaier, L. B. (2018). Exploration of technical debt in start-ups. In: Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering. Paper presented at 40th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice (ICSE-SEIP 2018), Gothenburg, Sweden, May 27 - June 3, 2018. (pp. 75-84). IEEE Computer Society. [BibTeX]
Molléri, J. S. , Ali, N. b. , Petersen, K. , Minhas, T. N. & Chatzipetrou, P. (2018). Teaching students critical appraisal of scientific literature using checklists. In: Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference of Software Engineering Education. Paper presented at 3rd European Conference of Software Engineering Education (ECSEE 2018), Seeon Monastery, Germany, June 14-15, 2018. (pp. 8-17). Association for Computing Machinery. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Darja, S. & van Solingen, R. (2018). When and who leaves matters: emerging results from an empirical study of employee turnover. In: Proceedings of the 12th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ESEM, 2018, Oulu, Finland. Paper presented at 12th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2018), Oulu, Finland, October 11-12, 2018. IEEE Computer Society. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Karapiperis, C. , Palampouiki, C. & Angelis, L. (2014). Statistical Analysis of Requirements Prioritization for Transition to Web Technologies: A Case Study in an Electric Power Organization. In: Winkler, D.; Biffl, S.; Bergsmann, J., Software Quality. Model-Based Approaches for Advanced Software and Systems Engineering 6th International Conference, SWQD 2014, Vienna, Austria, January 14-16, 2014. Proceedings. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Software Quality (SWQD 2014), Vienna, Austria, January 14-16, 2014. (pp. 63-84). Cham: Springer. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Papatheocharous, E. , Angelis, L. & Andreou, A. S. (2012). An Investigation of Software Effort Phase Distribution Using Compositional Data Analysis. In: Cortellessa, V; Muccini, H; Demirors, O, 38th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2012 Proceedings. Paper presented at 38th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2012), Cesme, Turkey, September 5-8, 2012. (pp. 367-375). IEEE. [BibTeX]
Barney, S. , Wohlin, C. , Chatzipetrou, P. & Angelis, L. (2011). Offshore insourcing: A case study on software quality alignment. In: 2011 IEEE Sixth International Conference on Global Software Engineering. Paper presented at 6th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE. (pp. 146-155). IEEE. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Angelis, L. , Barney, S. & Wohlin, C. (2011). Software product quality in global software development: Finding groups with aligned goals. In: Biffl, S; Koivuluoma, M; Abrahamsson, P; Oivo, M, 37th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2011). Paper presented at 37th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2011), Oulu, Finland, August 30 - September 2, 2011. (pp. 435-442). IEEE Computer Society. [BibTeX]
Chatzipetrou, P. , Angelis, L. , Rovegård, P. & Wohlin, C. (2010). Prioritization of issues and requirements by cumulative voting: A compositional data analysis framework. In: 2010 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications. Paper presented at 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2010), Lille, France, September 1-3, 2010. (pp. 361-370). Lille: IEEE. [BibTeX]

Reports

Borg, M. , Chatzipetrou, P. , Wnuk, K. , Alégroth, E. , Gorschek, T. , Papatheocharous, E. , Shah, S. & Axelsson, J. (2018). Selecting Software Component Sourcing Options: Detailed Survey Description and Analysis.. (RISE Report 2018:71). [BibTeX]