Smart devices, such as smart phones and tablet computers, have rapidly conquered the world with millions of users. The success of a few developers and the low entry barrier to the application marketplaces of these smart devices have led to the offering of hundreds of thousands applications by...

Software inventions have increased dramatically as software industry is growing and has become important for global economy. Accordingly, software claims need drafting carefully in order to properly protect the invention claimed in a software claim. In earlier days, Freeman-Walter- Abele...

В настоящем исследовании анализируется текущее состояние и перспективы развития программно-целевого управления бюджетом за рубежом и в России, а также...

В работе представлен анализ используемых на федеральном уровне программных инструментов управления бюджетными расходами – федеральные и ведомственные...

Action Design Research (ADR) has been termed a new research method for generating prescriptive design knowledge through building and evaluating ensemble IT artifacts in an organizational setting. This paper demonstrates the use of the ADR methodology in a New Software Product Development (NSPD)...

Certain mechanical shortcomings in engines cannot be ascribed to errors in design or defects in construction. They are due to the fact that it is impossible to design and construct engines in a way that completely eliminates friction between its parts. Friction causes wear and tear that is...

Several factors might be affecting the quality of software products. In this study we focus on three significant parameters: software manager, programmer and the customer. Our study demonstrates that the quality of product will improve by increasing the information generated by these three...

Context: Studies on global software development have documented severe coordination and communication problems among coworkers due to geographic dispersion and consequent dependency on technology. These problems are exacerbated by increase in the complexity of work undertaken by global teams....

What, exactly, distinguishes a patent on a software innovation from patents on other kinds of innovations? While the question may appear esoteric at first glance, it is the crucial first step in any empirical study of software patents. The policy debate over software patents - whether they...