Ausgangspunkt dieser Arbeit ist die Feststellung in der Praxis, dass ein grosser Teil von IT-Projekten im Allgemeinen und Projekten zur Entwicklung analytischer Informationssysteme im Speziellen nach wie vor oft scheitern, bzw. zeitlich oder finanziell überzogen werden oder hinter den...

Das mobile Internet ist eine Technologie, die im privaten Einsatzbereich bereits eine hohe Verbreitung gefunden hat. Eine zunehmende Anzahl von Nutzern greift mit Smartphones und Tablet PCs mobil auf das Internet zu und verwendet mobile Anwendungen, so genannte Apps, zum Zugriff auf...

Business-to-Business (B2B) e-business is undeniably becoming increasingly important for organizations. Organizations successfully engaging in B2B e-business benefit from reduced lead times, lower inventory levels and improved customer loyalty. However, to be successful in B2B e-business,...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the following events which were held during the Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) conference 2012 in Essen, Germany. Engineering for Sustainable Systems (RE4SuSy), Requirements Engineering Efficiency Workshop...

Open Source Software (OSS) has received wide attention from the research community, analyzing both the innovation process of software development by distributed and unrelated teams, and the market dynamics at play between free and proprietary software. Up until now, OSS adoption has been...

As software development becomes more collaborative, business and technical processes of software engineering and their management need to accommodate and support collaboration. In this paper we briefly survey key concerns, known challenges, and potential alternative solutions. We draw on lessons...

Free/Libre Open Source software (FLOSS) diffusion represents one of the main evolutions of the Information Technology (IT) industry in recent years. Such an approach appears exemplary in the context of a knowledge based economy, for a growing number of industrial activities, for which the scope...