This paper presents the Software Project Governance Framework (SPGF) for characterizing management of software projects, based on mechanisms used for communication and collaboration, the organizational structure of projects, and testing and quality assurance procedures. The framework was developed and validated from interviews and surveys with leaders of more than 70 commercial and communitybas...

The aim of this paper is to propose new mining techniques by which we can study the impact of different risk management techniques and different software risk factors on software analysis development projects. The new mining technique uses the fuzzy multiple regression analysis techniques with fuzzy concepts to manage the software risks in a software project and mitigating risk with software pr...

Open source software projects evolve thanks to a group of volunteers that help in their development. Thus, the success of these projects depends on their ability to attract (and keep) developers. We believe the openness of a project, i.e., how easy is for a new user to actively contribute to it, can help to make a project more attractive. To explore the openness of a software project, we propos...

The investments needed to bring a software project to the market are substantial and can extend over several years. Managing software development requires not only technical expertise, but communication with funders and economists. This paper presents methods to estimate a parameter which captures the effective investment time, lag. The lag parameter is useful in assessing progress towards the ...

In software organizations, usual ways to capture the experience project team members acquire are based on methods such as project postmortem analysis, post-project revisions and others alike. Their main drawback is that the experience capture is done (if ever) after project completion, which leads to the risk of losing it if, as usually occurs, team members are finally not available. This paper...

Software development centered on Commercial Off-theShelf, or COTS, components is becoming exceedingly important. However, building a business case for COTScentric development may be hard, owing to the risks and uncertainties involved. Investment analysis can be a valuable tool to support the business case for a new software project. This position paper discusses an approach based on economic va...

We present ARCADE, a consistency and awareness model for Distributed Software Development. In ARCADE, updates to elements of the software project considered important to a programmer are sent to him promptly. As the importance of an element decreases, the frequency with which the programmer is notified about it also decreases. This way, the system provides a selective, continuous and focused le...

Software development poses enormous cognitive, organizational, and managerial challenges. In this article, we focus on two of the most formidable of these challenges and on the promise of object-oriented (00) technology for addressing them. In particular, we analyze the claims made about 00 design (OOD) and (a) dissemination of domain knowledge and (b) communication and coordination. In order t...

Domain knowledge is a crucial ingredient for companies developing software, yet little attention is paid on how to gain such knowledge in the software engineering literature. We here propose a study on using one largegroup intervention technique – Open Space Technology – to increase the domain knowledge of developers in a software project.

Recent academic discussion on marketing competencies not merely as an organizational input, but also as an organizational output, has mainly been theoretical. In this paper we will discuss the competence input-output dilemma based on an empirical study of software business. We believe that software business offers a fruitful context for a marketing competencies and capabilities analysis, as sof...