this question has always been put forward in the mind of curious people why some countries have developed termed in spite of very few natural resources and facilities while other countries have not developed in spite of having more suitable resources and facilities. various factors such as economy, culture, geography, etc. are perhaps a background to answer this question, but there is a more im...

It is well accepted that Information Systems (IS) are critical for the competitiveness of virtually any human organization. However, IS need constant attention to fulfill their role and keep pace with changes organizations. Therefore, success projects crucial and, consequently, organizations themselves since they closely related. Given complex nature participating objects related concepts (e.g....

Nowadays, globalization and information and communication technologies are main issues on organizations and societies, changing the way how people and organizations interact. These issues brought new and more challenges to people, organizations and societies, forcing them to change their perceptions of reality and consequently adopting new business solutions. In this context, people, capabiliti...

Although much is known about the concept of technical debt in software development, less its social counterpart, also as debt. Social refers to future consequences decisions related people and their interactions. Omissions interactions or reduction communication can foster – turn result negative outcomes long run. In this paper, we explore what factors drive mitigate distributed agile developme...

Online Social Networks (OSNs) have changed the way people use the internet. Over the past few years these platforms have helped societies to organize riots and revolutions such as the Arab Spring or the Occupying Movements. One key fact in particular is how such events and organizations spread through out the world with social interactions, though, not much research has been focused on how to e...