The role of software in society has changed drastically since the start of the 21st century. Software can now partially or fully facilitate anything from diagnosis to treatment of a disease, regardless of whether it is psychological or pathological, with the consequence of software being...

“The proof of the pudding is in eating it”. The product will succeed only if people have successfully implemented it and benefitted from it. Prem not only discusses the behavioral factors responsible for success or failure of IT product life cycle, but introduces a whole new field of...

There has been a recent surge of interest in open source software development, which involves developers at many different locations and organizations sharing code to develop and refine programs. To an economist, the behavior of individual programmers and commercial companies engaged in open...

This chapter addresses the myth of decentralized governance of public blockchains, arguing that certain people who create, operate, or reshape them function much like fiduciaries of those who rely on these powerful data structures. Explicating the crucial functions that leading software...

Background/Purpose: In order to face the challenge of optimization and allocation of necessary requirements to complete a project with in the allocated time period, the project manager must be efficient in applying different technical skills and managerial strategies to the project management...

Agile project management is an iterative approach to deliver a project throughout its life cycle. Iterative approaches are frequently used in software development projects to promote velocity and adaptability since the benefit of iteration is that you can adjust as you go along rather than...

As organizations' desire for data grows, so does their search for data sources that are both usable and reliable. Businesses can obtain and collect big data in a variety of locations, both inside and outside their own walls. This study aims to investigate the various data sources for business...

This paper presents the issues on the formation of the innovation policy of a road transport enterprise. The innovation policy is a key factor in the construction of a general strategy of the enterprise, i.e. the basic foundation for the subsequent development of the process and network...

The agglomeration of rules and regulations over time has produced a body of legal code that no single individual can fully comprehend. This complexity produces inefficiencies, makes the processes of understanding and changing the law difficult, and frustrates the fundamental principle that the...