Fernando Almeida

Fernando Almeida

Agile methodologies are currently considered one of the main paradigms of software development. Its study, from a scientific point of view, has deserved prominence in recent years by the scientific community related to the area of software engineering. This study intends to perform a bibliometric analysis of the quantity, characteristics and scope of the most relevant studies published in this area of knowledge. The findings indicate that the number of studies published from 2010 to 2016 significantly increased, having reached a peak in 2015. The study identifies the main journals and conferences in the field and we also concluded that the majority of published studies are literature reviews of agile software development, and qualitative and quantitative research methods have identical number of publications.

Fernando Almeida

Web 2.0 systems have drawn the attention of corporation, many of which now seek to adopt Web 2.0 technologies and transfer its benefits to their organizations. However, with the number of different social networking platforms appearing, privacy and security continuously has to be taken into account and looked at from different perspectives. This paper presents the most common security risks faced by the major Web 2.0 applications. Additionally, it introduces the most relevant paths and best practices to avoid these identified security risks in a corporate environment.