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- Pettersson, Oskar, et al.
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A Survey of Modeling Approaches for Software Ecosystems
- 2016
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Ingår i: SOFTWARE BUSINESS, (ICSOB 2016). - Cham : Springer. - 9783319405155 - 9783319405148 ; , s. 79-93
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Software ecosystems is one promising strategy for organizations to find new market segments, new innovative value propositions creating new value streams. However, understanding internal and external actors, resources and relationships that could be leveraged in a SECO is critical for their strategic decisions. The consequence of mistakes may be costly failures that can force an organization to move out of a market. This paper describes a systematic mapping study that targets description of software ecosystems. Our conjecture is that adequate description support leads to modeling, which will improve information and in turn strategic decisions. The survey searches existing literature for description techniques and their application for comprehensive description. The study identifies and maps 63 primary studies out of 937 candidates according to their degree of modeling support and several other important aspects for SECO description. The analysis indicates that no approach fully supports comprehensive SECO descriptions, supporting domain specific and view specific modeling of ecosystem concerns. The analysis is used to highlight areas for a future research agenda.
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- Wohlin, Claes, et al.
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Supporting strategic decision-making for selection of software assets
- 2016
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Ingår i: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 240. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 9783319405148 - 9783319405155 ; , s. 1-15
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Companies developing software are constantly striving to gain or keep their competitive advantage on the market. To do so, they should balance what to develop themselves and what to get from elsewhere, which may be software components or software services. These strategic decisions need to be aligned with business objectives and the capabilities and constraints of possible options. These sourcing options include: in-house, COTS, open source and outsourcing. The objective of this paper is to present an approach to support decision-makers in selecting appropriate types of origins in a specific case that maximizes the benefits of the selected business strategy. The approach consists of three descriptive models, as well as a decision process and a knowledge repository. The three models are a decision model that comprises three cornerstones (stakeholders, origins and criteria) and is based on a taxonomy for formulating decision models in this context, and two supporting models (property models and context models).
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- Fotrousi, Farnaz, et al.
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Software analytics for planning product evolution
- 2016
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Ingår i: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319405155 ; , s. 16-31
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Evolution of a software product is inevitable as product context changes and the product gradually becomes less useful if it is not adapted. Planning is a basis to evolve a software product. The product manager, who carries responsibilities of planning, requires but does not always have access to high-quality information for making the best possible planning decisions. The current study aims to understand whether and when analytics are valuable for product planning and how they can be interpreted to a software product plan. The study was designed with an interview-based survey methodology approach through 17 in-depth semi-structured interviews with product managers. Based on results from qualitative analysis of the interviews, we defined an analytics-based model. The model shows that analytics have potentials to support the interpretation of product goals while is constrained by both product characteristics and product goals. The model implies how to use analytics for a good support of product planning evolution.
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- Olsson Holmström, Helena, et al.
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Towards 'Human/System Synergistic Development' : How Emergent System Characteristics Change Software Development
- 2016
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Ingår i: Software Business. - Cham : Springer. ; 240, s. 153-160
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- With recent and rapid advances in areas such as online games, embedded systems and Internet of Things, the traditional notion of what constitutes a system, as well as how a system is typically developed, is fundamentally changing. Instead of systems that are specified upfront, and for which there are pre-defined purposes and tasks, we are increasingly experiencing a situation in which interconnectivity and emergent configurations of systems allow dynamic system capabilities that evolve and adjust over time. Regarded as the new digital business paradigm, these types of systems offer fundamentally new ways for software development companies in their service-and value creation. At the same time, they present challenges in these organizations. In this paper, and based on multiple case study research in three different domains, we identify emergent system characteristics that pose new challenges on software development. We present a model that outlines the transition from traditional development towards 'Human/System Synergistic Development' (HuSySD), in which software development is a joint effort between software development teams and intelligent systems.
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- Wnuk, Krzysztof, et al.
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The impact of internet of things on software business models
- 2016
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Ingår i: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319405155 ; , s. 94-108
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Context. Internet of Things (IoT) technology is significantly impacting software business. Several contributions were made in the literature regarding IoT. However, the importance of various business model elements for IoT and the impact of IoT on requirements engineering activities remains greatly unexplored. This paper focuses on the impact of IoT on software business models and requirements engineering. The objectives for this research include: (1) summarizing the current business models for IoT, (2) analyzing the impact of IoT on software business models (3) analyzing the impact of IoT on requirements engineering. We conducted a systematic snowballing literature review, followed by an industrial survey. We identified 21 peer reviewed papers which were analyzed in relation to their rigor and relevance and received 56 survey responses. The results of the literature review indicate 9 business model elements that IoT literature focus on. Morevoer, 4 business model aspects were described with respect to the business model structure, context and governance. The industrial survey results highlighted that value proposition, followed by customer segmentation and revenue streams were the most important business model elements for IoT. Moreover, the survey results suggest that requirement management, requirement prioritization and requirement modeling and analysis are highly impacted by IoT.
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