Josiane Kroll

Josiane is a Senior Instructional Specialist. In her role, she supervises the Digital Pedagogy and the Manitoba Flexible Learning Hub (MB Hub) team. Her role involves researching and evaluating cutting-edge technologies to enhance teaching and learning and providing strategic guidance to leadership and faculty on the adoption of innovative solutions.

Additionally, Josiane offers expert consultation and support on the utilization of learning technologies, including features and best practices. Furthermore, she develops new solutions that seamlessly integrate with UM Learn, the university's Learning Management System (LMS).

On occasion, Josiane teaches degree-credit courses within the Computer Science department

Josiane holds a PhD in Computer Science and has a strong aptitude for designing and developing software solutions. Prior to her role with The Centre, she worked in academic research and teaching where she specialized in software engineering that focused on improving the user experience and the adoption of new technologies.

B.I.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.

Books 

[B1] Silva, T. S., Estácio, B., Kroll, J., Fontana, R. M. (2017) Agile Methods. 7th Brazilian Workshop on Agile Methods. Revised Selected Papers. Part of the Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 680). 

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers  

[J1] Couto, J.C., Kroll, J., Ruiz, D.D. et al. “Extending the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for Data Visualization in Software Project Management”. SN COMPUT. SCI. 3, 283 (2022).  

[J2] Kroll, J., Richardson, I., Prikladnicki, R., and Audy, J. L. “Empirical evidence in Follow the Sun software development: A systematic mapping study”, Information and Software Technology, 93, 30-44 (2018). 

[J3] Prikladnicki, R., Marczak, S., Conte, T., Souza, C., Kroll, J., Marques, B., Orsoletta, R. "The Evolution and Impact of the Research in Distributed Software Development in Brazil,” 25th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2011, pp. 126-131. 

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings 

[C1] Couto, J.C., Kroll, J., Ruiz, D.D. et al.  “A PMBoK Extension Proposal for Data Visualization in Software Project Management”. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, 54-65, 2021, (2021). 

[C2] Santos, A., Sales, A., Fernandes, P., Kroll, J. "Poster: Challenge-Based Learning: A Brazilian Case Study," 2018 IEEE/ACM 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion (ICSE-Companion), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2018, pp. 155-156. 

[C3] Toscani, J., Couto, J., Kroll, J., et al. “On the Characterization of the SDET Role in Agile Projects: Expected Skills, Responsibilities, and Practices.” Regional School of Software Engineering, Alegrete, Brazil, 2017. 

[C4] Kroll, J., Friboim, S. and Hemmati, H. "An Empirical Study of Search-Based Task Scheduling in Global Software Development," 2017 IEEE/ACM 39th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice Track (ICSE-SEIP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017, pp. 183-192. 

[C5] Kroll, J., Mäkiö, J. and & Assaad, M. “Challenges and Practices for Effective Knowledge Transfer in Globally Distributed Teams: A Systematic Literature Review”. In Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2016) - Volume 3: KMIS, 2016, pages 156-164. 

[C6] Santos, A., Kroll, J., Sales, A., Fernandes, P. and Wildt, D. “Investigating the Adoption of Agile Practices in Mobile Application Development”. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2016) - Volume 1, pages 490-497, Rome, Italy, 2016. 

[C7] Kroll, J., Santos, C., Machado, L. et al., "Challenges and Lessons Learned on Preparing Graduate Students for GSE Work: Brazilians' Perceptions on a Multi-site Course Experience," in 2016 IEEE 11th International Conference on Global Software Engineering Workshops (ICGSEW), Orange County, CA, USA, 2016 pp. 37-42. 

[C8] Machado, L., Kroll, J., Marczak, S., Prikladnicki, R. "Breaking Collaboration Barriers through Communication Practices in Software Crowdsourcing," 2016 IEEE 11th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE), Orange County, CA, USA, 2016, pp. 44-48, doi: 10.1109/ICGSE.2016.32. 

[C9] Kroll, J. et al. “Distributed Coding Dojo Randori Overview and Research Opportunities”. In: Workshop on Distributed Software Development, Software Ecosystems and Systems-of-Systems (WDES 2016).  

[C10] Avritzer, A., Beecham, S., Brito, R., Kroll, J. et al., "Extending Survivability Models for Global Software Development with Media Synchronicity Theory," 2IEEE 10th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, Ciudad Real, Spain, 2015, pp. 23-32. Best Paper Award. 

[C11] Kroll, J., Richardson, I., Audy, J. L. N, Fernandez, J. "Handoffs Management in Follow-the-Sun Software Projects: A Case Study," 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2014, pp. 331-339. 

[C12] Kroll, J., Richardson, I., Audy, J. L. N, "FTS-SPM: A Software Process Model for Follow the Sun Development: Preliminary Results," 2014 IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering Workshops, Shanghai, China, 2014, pp. 21-26. 

[C13] Avritzer, A., Beecham, S., Kroll, J. et al "Survivability Models for Global Software Engineering," 2014 IEEE 9th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, Shanghai, China, 2014, pp. 100-109. 

[C14] Kroll, J., Estácio, B. J. S., Audy, J. L. N., Prikladnicki, R. "An Initial Framework for Researching Follow-the-Sun Software Development," 2014 IEEE 9th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, Shanghai, China, 2014, pp. 116-124. 

[C15] Kroll, J., Richardson, I., Audy, J. L., “Proposing a Software Process Model for Follow the Sun Development”. International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE), 2014, Vancouver. 

[C16] Kroll, J., Audy, J. L.N, "Adopting Agile Methods for Follow-the-Sun Software Development" AMCIS 2013 Proceedings. 11 (2013). 

[C17] Kroll, J., Richardson, I., “A Proposed Process for Follow-the-Sun Software Development.”. In: Engineering, Informatics and Science Research Day, Galway, NUI Galway - UL Research Day, Book of Abstracts, 2013. 

[C18] Kroll, J., Hashmi, S. I., Richardson, I., Audy, J. L., "A Systematic Literature Review of Best Practices and Challenges in Follow-the-Sun Software Development," 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering Workshops, Bari, Italy, 2013, pp. 18-23. 

[C19] Kroll, J., Prikladnicki, R., Audy, J. L., Carmel, E., Fernandez, J. “A Feasibility Study of Follow-the-Sun Software Development for GSD Projects”. SEKE 2013: 196-199. 

[C20] Kroll, J., Audy, J. L.N, “Follow-the-Sun Strategy: A Process to Global Software Development.”  In: 7th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE), 2012, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 

[C21] Kroll, J., Audy, J. L.N, “Mapping Global Software Development Practices to Follow-the-Sun Process.” In: International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE), 2012, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 

[C22] Kroll, J., Santos, A. R., Prikladnicki, R., Hess, E. R., Glanzner, R. A., Sales, A., Audy, J. L. N., Fernandes, P. H. L. “Follow-the-Sun Software Development: A Controlled Experiment to Evaluate the Benefits of Adaptive and Prescriptive Approaches”. SEKE pp. 551-556 (2012). 

[C23] Kroll, J., Audy, J. L.N, Prikladnicki, R. “Researching into Follow-the-Sun Software Development: Challenges and Opportunities.” In: 6th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, 2011, Helsinki, Finland. 

[C24] Kroll, J., Audy, J. L.N, Prikladnicki, R. “Mapping the Evolution of Research on Global Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review”. In: 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), 2011, Beijing.  

In Portuguese 

1. Couto, J., Kroll, J. “Fatores que Afetam a Comunicação em Projetos Distribuídos de Software e Estratégias de Mitigação: Um Estudo na Indústria Brasileira de TI”. WDES (Workshop on Distributed Software Development) 2016.  
2. Kroll, J., Audy, J. L.N, “Desenvolvimento de Handoffs em Projetos de Software Follow-the-Sun: Um Relato de Experiência”.  In: Workshop de Desenvolvimento Distribuído de Software (WDDS), Brasilia, Brazil. CBSoft 2013 - VII WDDS.  
3. Kroll, J., Audy, J. L.N, Prikladnicki, R. “Desmistificando o Desenvolvimento de Software Follow-the-Sun: Caracterização e Lições Aprendidas.” In: Workshop de Desenvolvimento Distribuído de Software (WDDS), 2011, São Paulo, Brazil.   
4. Wagner, R., Fontoura, L., Kroll, J. “Análise dos Critérios de Segurança do COBIT baseado no Modelo SSE-CMM.”. In: XXXVI Conferência Latino-americana de Informática (XXXVI CLEI), 2010, Assunção - Paraguai.  
5. Kroll, J., Fountoura, L., Wagner, R., d’Ornellas, M. “Usando Padrões para o Desenvolvimento da Gestão da Segurança de Sistemas de Informação baseado na Norma ISO/IEC 21827:2008”. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação (SBSI), 2010, Marabá, Brazil.  
6. Kroll, J., d’Ornellas, M., Fountoura, L., “Desenvolvimento de Sistemas de Gestão da Segurança da Informação através da Integração das Normas ISO/IEC 27001:2006 e ISO/IEC 21827 (SSE-CMM)”, Democracia Digital e Governo Eletrônico, v.1, pp.1 - 14, 2009. Best Paper Award. 
7. Kroll, J., d’Ornellas, M. “Aplicação da Metodologia de Avaliação de Riscos para o Gerenciamento Estratégico da Segurança da Informação”, In: XLI Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional, 2009, Porto Seguro – BA, Brazil.  
8. Kroll, J., d’Ornellas, M., “Avaliação das Abordagens para a Construção de Métricas de Segurança em Sistemas de TI”, In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Engenharia da Produção (SIMPEP), 2009, Bauru – Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
9. Kroll, J., d’Ornellas, M., “Uma Análise Comparativa das Abordagens de Gerenciamento de Riscos OCTAVE, NIST SP 800-30, CRAMM, FRAP, COBRA e RISK WATCH”, In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Engenharia da Produção (SIMPEP), 2009, Bauru – Sao Paulo, Brazil.