The main objective of the study is a fact finding mission on safety incidents with health, lifestyle and wellbeing apps and the legal framework that covers these incidents. Based on desk research, confirmed via stakeholder consultation and a workshop, it is concluded that presently it is unclear...

The software development process as well as the various phases involved in the development process needs to be taken into account in order to ensure proper accomplishment of the goals. Software engineering deals with the use of software systems for a variety of system operations. The use of this...

Software has become an integral part of our life when everything in our life is connected with the digital world. Being a valuable technology in the internet age, software has also contributed for the development of economy as well. It has created large number of job across the globe and a boom...

Indian software exports have shown very high growth rates for many years. Yet, behind this success lie a number of skews. These skews are discussed in this paper, which is based on fieldwork and secondary surveys conducted in India over the past ten years. In particular, software exports have...

Production of software provides many potential benefits for developing countries (DCs), including creation of jobs, skills and income. This paper reviews five different strategic approaches to software production that can be adopted:• Export of software services, the model followed by India...

To increase the value and reduce the costs and risks of global software outsourcing, clients and developers are 'synching': building congruence along six identified 'COCPIT' dimensions. Case studies from a longitudinal research project identify practical synching strategies used by North...

Many developing and transitional economies (DTEs) have become active or interested in software exports. This paper analyses the experiences of the three largest exporters – India, Ireland and Israel. It develops a 'Software Export Success Model' on the basis of that analysis. It uses the model...

that disperses processes to different locations. This paper presents a global software project case study, in which development work was divided between the UK and India. It focuses on two issues: the uncertainties that arise because of differences between project locations, and the coordination...

This study investigates the effect of partner alignment on the choice of using equity versus non-equity alliance governance mode in information technology (IT) software alliances. Using 485 IT software alliances established in six developed Asia Pacific countries in the period 1998 to 2004, this...

A long working hours is a common issue in a software industry. This research study was carried out to investigate the impact of working environment on job satisfaction of software professionals in software industry. Work environment, results that are affected by job satisfaction on employee's...