Peer-reviewed research,
not just marketing.
Xamun's methodology is published in a leading peer-reviewed information technology journal — independently reviewed, citation-ready, and grounded in real-world delivery data.
Why enterprise AI stalls before it reaches the P&L — the limits of retrieval, what graph memory fixes, and why the interface decides whether any of it pays. Thirteen cited sources across MIT, McKinsey, Gartner, Stanford and NBER.
Read the paper →The xDD (experience-Driven Development) Methodology
The xDD (experience-Driven Development) methodology underpins the Xamun Software Factory. The paper sets out a specification-first, AI-augmented approach to software delivery: business specifications are formalised before code is written, AI handles the high-volume boilerplate, and expert engineers govern quality through structured review gates. The result is a delivery model that is faster than conventional outsourcing, more accountable than vibe-coded AI tools, and reproducible enough to publish.
This is not a marketing framework. It is research-grade documentation of a working methodology — independently peer-reviewed and publicly citable.
Independently peer-reviewed
Reviewed by anonymous academic referees and editors before publication. Not a self-published whitepaper.
Citable in academic work
DOI-indexed. Discoverable in Google Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, and academic databases.
Backed by delivery data
Grounded in 25+ years of enterprise software delivery (Xamun, formerly BlastAsia) — a research methodology validated in production.
How to cite this work
For academic, analyst, or journalistic citation:
Maity, A. (2025). The xDD (experience-Driven Development) methodology. Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228053.2025.2525017
Maity, A. "The xDD Methodology." Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, Taylor & Francis, July 2025. DOI: 10.1080/15228053.2025.2525017.
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