A key problem in the development of information systems is understanding features of the development process. To this end, in recent years, considerable interest has been focused on modelling processes. In this paper, the results of an empirical investigation into the use of prototyping in...

The upstream activities of software development are often viewed as both the most important, in terms of cost, and the yet the least understood, and most problematic, particularly in terms of satisfying customer requirements. Business process modelling is one solution that is being increasingly...

The use of formal models such as Role Activity Diagrams (RADs) for analysing a process often hide what really happens during that process. In this paper, we build on previous research on informal aspects of the prototyping process and look at the key concerns that prototypers had during the...

Today software development has truly become a globally sourced commodity. This trend has been facilitated by the availability of highly skilled software professionals in low cost locations in Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Far East. Organisations endeavouring to leverage the opportunities...

In a globalised world economy, small and mediumsized companies (SMEs) are now entering the global software engineering (GSE) arena, but their involvement is more often opportunistic than carefully planned. Considered until a few years ago a major destination for outsourcing/offshoring, Ireland...

Software development has become a globally sourced commodity. Software development processes such as requirements elicitation, development of components and maintenance tasks are often distributed across sites and countries. This research paper focuses on the distribution of the testing process,...

The focus of this research is to outline the experience of a small-to-medium-sized European-based software development organization, utilizing the IDEALSM model while implementing a tailored Capability Maturity Model® (CMM®) software process improvement (SPI) program.[CMM is registered in the...

As a result of the expanding trend to globalise software development there is a specific requirement to understand and address issues which previously did not arise. This includes the important impact distance has on the success of globally distributed software development projects. Research has...

This sections outlines some of the experiences gained and the lessons learned while establishing and operating virtual software development and maintenance teams by an Irish based company, Software Future Technologies (a pseudonym) who were partnered with a large US financial organisation Stock...