there are many problems that usually r & d centers and organizations in the decision making and achieve its higher goals, are faced with.such as the density of information in the administrative departments, human resources information and facilities and equipment. the researcher had to make it investigate effective factors in improving management information systems in private banks accordi...

The software industry and academia believe that software review, specifically Formal Technical Review (FTR), is a powerful method for improving the quality of software. FTR traditionally is a manual process. Recently, computer mediated support for review has had a large impact on review. Computer support for FTR reduces the overhead of conducting reviews for reviewers and managers. This reducti...

A new product concept emerges in communication between participants in a design process. In order to succeed in a geographically distributed situation, a computer support system must be able to mediate this kind of communication in product concept design. We will elaborate on concept design, focusing on how designers communicate using artifacts and space to mediate their understandings. During ...

This paper reports the experience of an architecture team of a software development department with 25 agile teams in supporting technical decisions regarding technical practices. The main motivation to use technical debt metaphor was its acknowledged potential in driving software development and maintenance decisions, especially those long term maintenance tradeoffs which are usually less visi...

This position paper addresses the software engineering practices in startups. The focus of most software engineering research has been on established companies. However, startup technology companies have become important producers of innovative and software intensive products despite the fact that they are under severe time-to-market pressure. Given that software engineering is the core activit...

Companies must simultaneously focus on cost and time efficient product development as well as enabling radical and incremental innovation for long-term survival. The companies in the study from high-tech industries face the demands on innovation within their software development projects. Software development projects are often characterised by a rational approach with focus on short-term resul...

The evolution of corporate intranets has tremendous implications for organization-wide information sharing, communication, collaboration, and application support. While some organizations continue to use intranets primarily for publishing and posting internal documents and corporate policies, a few are unleashing the power of intranets to access knowledge sources, collaborate on projects, and t...

Programmable electronic systems are being used in almost all application sectors to perform non-safety and increasingly to perform safety functions as well. Although software based solutions are usually superior to hardwired ones for reasons of e ciency and exibility, there is a certain reluctance of the certi cation authorities when it comes to licensing computer based systems which are classi...

High-speed software development uses a number of techniques to move software quickly into production. Examples of these techniques include prototyping for fast requirement definition, releaseoriented project management for scope control, and parallel development for rapid product completion and quality control. These techniques are spreading rapidly among software developers worldwide. Using th...

Human beings play a critical role in any collaborative business activities, including software development. People and people-derived issues such as communication and teamwork efficiency and effectiveness are critical to their success. However, managing teamwork and stakeholder’ involvement is a challenging work, especially when we often see that a technical job may be easily done, it requires ...