The accelerated growth in exploiting vulnerabilities due to errors or failures in the software development process is a latent concern in the Software Industry. In this sense, this study aims to provide an overview of the Secure Software Development trends to help identify topics that have been extensively studied and those that still need to be. Therefore, in this paper, a systematic mapping review with PICo search strategies was conducted. A total of 867 papers were identified, of which only 528 papers were selected for this review. The main findings correspond to the Software Requirements Security, where the Elicitation and Misuse Cases reported more frequently. In Software Design Security, recurring themes are security in component-based software development, threat model, and security patterns. In the Software Construction Security, the most frequent topics are static code analysis and vulnerability detection. Finally, in Software Testing Security, the most frequent topics are vulnerability scanning and penetration testing. In conclusion, there is a diversity of methodologies, models, and tools with specific objectives in each secure software development stage.

Usability testing is one of the most used methods to define the level of usability of a software product. However, there is always uncertainty to determine the best method that complements user testing in a depth usability assessment. Nowadays, the concern of many software developers is to identify an appropriate methodology, whose evaluation methods could be capable of measuring all usability aspects of a user interface. For this reason, we conducted a heuristic evaluation as a preliminary step to the implementation of a usability test, in order to determine in which extent these methods complement each other, and establish the gaps which are covered by each of them. The heuristic evaluation was performed by five specialists in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, who identified a total of fifty-nine usability problems in a transactional web site. Subsequently, a usability test was conducted with the participation of eight postgraduate students of a master's program in Informatics Engineering. The results show that most of the usability problems which were detected during the usability testing, had already been identified by the heuristic evaluation. Nevertheless, there were significant differences in the importance that was given to each problem. Usability experts emphasized in aspects that were not relevant to end users.

Since usability is considered as a critical success factor for any software application, several evaluation methods have been developed. Nowadays, it is possible to find many proposals in the literature that address to evaluate usability issues. However, there is still discussion about what usability evaluation method is the most widely accepted by the scientific community. In this research, a systematic review was performed to identify the evaluation methods that have been more employed over the last three years in order to assess the level of usability of a software application. From these results, it has been possible to establish clear evidence about the current trends in this field. A total of 274 usability studies have allowed to reach useful information for scholars in this area.

In this paper, we present the results of a systematic review involving the use of usability techniques in software developments where agile methodologies were used. The search strategy identified 307 studies, where only 32 were finally selected for the review. We found that complementary techniques are the most frequent techniques used with agile methodologies. In addition, most studies performed usability evaluations only during the implementation phase, and these evaluations were mostly constructed as elaborations of case studies.

Usability is currently one of the most important aspects of software quality. Developers are aware that if a software product does not meet user's expectations regarding usability, the entire project might fail. For this reason, several usability evaluation methods have emerged and nowadays are employed from early phases of the software development process. However, the literature reports a wide range of techniques for this purpose. In this way, the choice of a suitable method for a particular scenario has become a difficult decision. Through a systematic mapping review about the use of usability evaluation methods in software development contexts, we have identified the most commonly used techniques. A total of 228 case studies were selected for this review. We found that (1) Questionnaire, (2) User Testing and (3) Heuristic Evaluation were the most frequent. This study is intended to be a guide for scholars in this area.