We participated in an international study to determine the techniques and methods most commonly used in the software development industry.

· What Makes Agile Software Development Agile. Kuhrmann, M. et al. (2020). IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.
· Software Development Practices and Frameworks Used in Spain and Costa Rica: A Survey and Comparative Analysis. Ignacio Díaz-Oreiro, David Chaves, Brenda Aymerich, Julio C. Guzmán, Gustavo López, Marcela Genero, Aurora Vizcaíno. . PROFES 2019: 112-119.
· PROYECTO HELENA.
· What Makes Agile Software Development Agile.

We worked with the company Proceso Social for the empirical validation of its Seven Weeks method for ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications in 26 Spanish SMEs.

· System quality and security certification in seven weeks: A multi-case study in Spanish SMEs.

We worked with Indra and several Italian companies in the empirical validation of the pair-designing technique, in terms of its influence on software productivity and quality.

· Evaluating performances of pair designing in industry . Gerardo Canfora, Aniello Cimitile, Félix García, Mario Piattini, Corrado Aaron Visaggio . J. Syst. Softw. 80(8): 1317-1327 (2007).
· Performances of Pair Designing on Software Evolution: a controlled experiment . Gerardo Canfora , Aniello Cimitile, Corrado Aaron Visaggio , Félix García , Mario Piattini : CSMR 2006: 197-205.