Faculty & Staff Directory
Peng Xu
Title: Department Chairman
Phone: 617.287.7882
Email: Peng.Xu@umb.edu
Department: Management Science & Info Sys
Areas of Expertise
System Analysis and Design, Software Project Management, Software process, Business agility
Degrees
PhD, Georgia State University
BE, Tianjin University
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Xu, P. and Ramesh, B. (forthcoming), “Impact of Knowledge Support on the Performance of Software Process Tailoring”, accepted by Journal of Management Information Systems.
- Xu, P. and Ramesh, B. (forthcoming), “Managing Challenges in Software Development Using Process Tailoring”, accepted by IT Pro.
- Mohan, K., Xu, P., Cao, L., and Ramesh, B. (forthcoming), “Integrating traceability and software configuration management”, accepted by Decision Support Systems.
- Xu, P. and Ramesh, B., “Software Process Tailoring: An Empirical Investigation”, Journal of Management Information Systems, 24, 2 (2007) 293-328.
- Mohan, K., Xu, P., and Ramesh, B., “Improving the Change Management Process”, Communications of the ACM, 51, 5, 2008, May.
- Ramesh, B., Cao, L., Mohan, K. and Xu, P., “Can Distributed Software Development be Agile?”, Communications of the ACM, 49, 10, 2006, October.
- Mohan, K., Xu, P., and Ramesh, B., “Supporting Dynamic Group Decision and Negotiation Processes: A Traceability Augmented Peer-to-peer Network Approach”, Information & Management, 43, 5, 2006, July.
- Ramesh, B., Jain, R., Nissen, M., and Xu, P., “Managing Context in Business Process Management Systems,” Requirements Engineering, 10, 3, 2005, November.
Additional Information
Courses Taught
Introduction to Information Systems, Internet Programming/Java, System Analysis and Design.
Research Interests
Knowledge Management, Software Project Management, Software process, Business agility.