increasing competitiveness between software companies , that stems from customer needs and new information technologies, obliges the companies to improve their products’ quality according to high speed and low cost. this research seeks to introduce and determine the software production assembly line, one of the software development approaches. a three stage questionnaire was used to collect inf...

The size and complexity of embedded systems is increasing rapidly, making it difficult for companies to develop all the required functionality alone. On the other hand, experience has shown that traditional single-company development technologies do not support collaborative product development well. Thus, by improving the collaborative way of working, the competitiveness of software-intensive ...

Existing software engineering literature acknowledges that the existence of fundamental software engineering practices would improve the success rate of IT projects. These practices range from having clear organizational standards for performing software development activities, utilizing CASE tools, all the way to project management practices. The purpose of this research is to measure the degr...

Currently, small and medium–sized companies are in search of optimal management production solutions aimed at improving their competitiveness the goods they produce. This task can be solved on basis introduction digital technologies that allow transforming business processes context minimizing costs maximizing effect. article discusses approaches to company market economy. Modern considered.

Downsizing, and consolidation of previously independent companies, has produced a clash of cultures in many companies. The problem is exacerbated by "home-grown" product development cultures that have been around for decades and often fail to adequately integrate new disciplines such as software engineering and systems engineering. Over the years, the pace and complexity of technological develo...

R&D efficiency has a profound impact on the competitiveness of software companies, which is the typical knowledge-intensive business service. The software companies is divided into system software companies, application software companies and service software companies according to the types of product or service of software companies. Using software companies in top 1000 R&D investment as the ...

The need to increase the productivity and competitiveness among software development organizations has demanded additional quality from these companies. Thus, the adoption of a processes quality model is a growing activity, mainly with the creation of the MPS.BR model, the Brazilian program for software process improvement. In this context, an activity that increases the quality and is basic is...

Claudia Alquicira Ultrasist S oftware constitutes an important industry for developing Latin American countries. The smalland medium-sized companies that account for up to half the industry’s employment face serious problems, however, when they start to grow. In many cases, the absence of a visible software-development process creates chaos for the entire organization, including its products.1 ...