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Hanan M. Moussa

  • Position: Assistant Professor
  • Department: Heikal Department of Management
Brief Biography

An assistant professor with more than 15 years of experience as a university educator, the subject maintains research interests in information systems, software engineering, software project metrics and estimation, requirements engineering, software project management, systems development methodologies, quality management and quality process frameworks.

Academic research is consistently coupled with industry expertise. Serving as a senior delivery manager with more than 30 years of experience in IT, key roles have spanned project management (traditional and agile), release management, service delivery management, software development, testing, project metrics and estimation, quality assurance and presales.

Primary strengths include strong communication, people management and team-building skills that drive business results, along with recognized proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research.

Recently selected as an ABET program evaluator for the Computer Accreditation Commission, specialization includes the evaluation of information systems programs.

Research Interest
  • Requirements engineering
  • IT project metrics and estimation
  • Digital transformation
  • Design thinking
  • Software product management
Awards
  • Program evaluator for the Computer Science Commission of ABET
  • Winner of the best PhD thesis award in information systems at Cairo University for 2011
  • First-place winner in the Process Improvement - Service Innovation Campaign 2015 for Application and Business Services in EMEA at HP Enterprise
Education
  • PhD in information systems, Faculty of Computing and AI, Cairo University
  • MSc in computer science, The American University in Cairo
  • Diploma in computer science, The American University in Cairo
  • BA in business administration, The American University in Cairo
  • M. Ilyas, A. Kamel, H. Moussa and F. Mihany, "An Automated System for Measuring Similarity Between Requirements" (paper presented at The 2nd Africa and Middle East Conference, 2016), 46–51.
  • Nisma Gaffar, H. Moussa, A. Kamel and Galal-Edeen, "A Proposed Framework for Enhancing Story Points in Agile Software Projects," Indian Journal of Science and Technology (2018).
  • M. Mounir, A. Salah, A. Kamel and H. Moussa, "Framework to Measure Agile Software Process Effectiveness in Critical Systems Development" (paper presented at the 2020 9th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering, New York, NY, 2020), 25–32.
  • A. Gaber, M. Nour and H. Moussa, "A Multidimensional Credibility Assessment for Arabic News Sources," International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 12, no. 9 (2021).
  • A. Gaber, M. Nour and H. Moussa, "SMAD: Text Classifications of Arabic Social Media Dataset for News Sources," International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 12, no. 10 (2021).
  • A. Fawzy, K. Wassef and H. Moussa, "Framework for Automatic Detection of Anomalies in DevOps," Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences 35, no. 3 (2023).
  • H. Moussa and G. Galal-Edeen, "Design Thinking Using Qualitative Data Analysis and Machine Learning" (paper presented at The 13th International Conference on Information Communication and Management, 2023).
  • G. Galal-Edeen and H. Moussa, "Leveraging Generative AI in Information Systems Development" (paper presented at the Proceedings of the 29th UK Academy for Information Systems International Conference, University of Kent, April 25–26, 2024).
  • F. A. Mihany, G. H. Galal-Edeen, E. E. Hassanein and H. Moussa, "Data-Driven Requirements Elicitation from App Reviews Framework Based on BERT," Applied Sciences 15, no. 17 (2025): 9709.
  • F. A. Mihany, G. H. Galal-Edeen, E. E. Hassanein and H. Moussa, "Data-Driven Requirements Prioritization Framework for App Reviews," Inventions 11, no. 2 (2026): 33.