We depend on software everyday in our professional and personal lives and people depend on the software we produce. By “depend” I mean that some essential activity could not be successful if the necessary software failed to perform. In this issue of Strategic Software Engineering, I will explore the importance of dependability to the strategic goals of the organization. I will consider a framew...

The Russian Federation, with its plans to regain influence over former Soviet bloc countries, currently constitutes the main military danger for EU and NATO. Because war is so close EU’s borders, European allies have every reason increase army financing instead of fuelling a transatlantic disagreement about burden sharing. This article deals question whether high strategic threat posed by Russi...

Previous research has proposed different types for and contingency factors affecting information technology governance. Yet, in spite of this valuable work, it is still unclear through what mechanisms IT governance affects organizational performance. We make a detailed argument for the mediation of strategic alignment in this process. Strategic alignment remains a top priority for business and ...

Compensation is a key element of the employment relationship and, in addition to being the single greatest operating cost for many organizations, it has been advocated by some recently as a tool for enhancing organizational performance and sustained competitiveness. Contemporary approaches to compensation emphasize the importance of aligning employee behaviors to the strategic direction of the ...