Padmal Vitharana

Professor of Management Information Systems
Padmal
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Ph.D., Management Information Systems, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee MBA, Management Science, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
Professor Vitharana's research interests are in the areas of systems analysis and design, software reuse, software quality, open source, outsourcing, systems analysis and design, software reuse, and software quality.

Primary Interests: Systems analysis and design, reusable software, software components, Microservices, open source.

Secondary Interests: outsourcing, crowdsourcing, software quality assurance, computer-facilitated group work, software pricing and bundling, and software service selection.

Research Citations

Citations -987
h-index - 15
i10-index - 16

Publications

  • Examining End Users’ Ability to Select Business Services: A Conceptual Framework and an Empirical Study

    2020 Information & Management, Basu, A.

  • Defect propagation at the project-level: results and a post-hoc analysis on inspection efficiency

    2017 Empirical Software Engineering,

  • Enhancing Analysts’ Mental Models for Improving Requirements Elicitation: A Two-Stage Theoretical Framework and Empirical Results

    2016 Journal of AIS, Zahedi, M., Jain, H.

  • A knowledge based component/service repository to enhance analysts' domain knowledge for requirements analysis

    2012 Information & Management,49,1,24-35, Jain, H., Zahedi, F.

  • Impact of internal open source development on reuse: Participatory reuse in action

    2010 Journal of Management Information Systems,27,2,277-304, King, J., Chapman, H.

  • Impact of customer knowledge heterogeneity on bundling strategy

    2009 Marketing Science,28,4,792-801, Basu, A.

  • Impact of Service-Centric Computing on Business and Education

    2008 Communications of AIS,22,295-310, Zhao, L., Gaul, M., Purao, S., Wang, H.

  • Architecture & design for application agility

    2008 Information Technology and Management,9,1,1-3, Jain, H.

  • Measuring critical factors of software quality management: Development and validation of an instrument

    2008 Information Resources Management Journal,21,2,18-37, Mone, M.

  • Information Systems Outsourcing: Linking Transaction Cost and Institutional Theories

    2007 Communications of AIS,20,346-370, Dharwadkar, R.

  • Strategy-based design of reusable business components

    2004 IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews,34,4,460-474, Jain, H., Zahedi, F.

  • Risks and Challenges of Component-based Software Development, Communications of the ACM

    2003 A Premier Practitioner Journal in information systems,46,8,67-72,

  • Computer-mediated group support, anonymity, and the software inspection process: An empirical investigation

    2003 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering,29,2,167-180, Ramamurthy, K.

  • Risks and challenges of component-based software development

    2003 Communications of the ACM,46,8,67-72,

  • Design, retrieval, and assembly in component-based software development

    2003 Communications of the ACM,46,11,97-102, Zahedi, F., Jain, H.

  • Knowledge-based repository scheme for storing and retrieving business components: A theoretical design and an empirical analysis

    2003 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering,29,7,649-664, Zahedi, F., Jain, H.

  • An assessment model for requirements identification in component-based software development

    2003 Database for Advances in Information Systems,34,4,48-63, Jain, H., Zahedi, F.

  • Research Issues in Testing Business Components

    2000 Information and Management,37,6,297-309, Jain, H.

  • Research issues in testing business components

    2000 Information & Management,37,6,297-309, Jain, H.

  • Aug 01, 2020

    Nominated - President

    AIS SIG Systems Analysis and Design
  • Jul 01, 2019

    Nominated - Chair

    Senate Administrative Procedures Committee
  • May 01, 2018

    Nominated - Conference Organizer

    System Analysis and Design Annual Symposium