Search results for "ohjelmistoala"
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To sit or to stand, that is the question : examining the effects of work posture change on the well-being at work of software professionals
2017
Despite the central role of human resources in determining the success of software companies, relatively little academic research has been conducted on the well-being at work aspect of software professionals. This study aims to address the aforementioned gap by examining the effects of using standing instead of sitting workstations on the well-being at work of software professionals in terms of their physical activity, mental alertness, stress, and musculoskeletal strain. An intervention study consisting of two measurements was conducted for 29 employees of a large Finnish software company by using questionnaires and the Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment service. The findings of the study sugg…
Contrasting Internationalization Paths of Product- and Service-oriented Software Firms
2019
The internationalization of software firms has been widely researched topic over the last two decades. However, the most of the studies have treated software firms as a homogeneous group, ignoring the fact that software firms actually differ greatly in terms of having either a product or a service orientation. Based on earlier literature, we hypothesized that software product firms would show a tendency to internationalize earlier and at a smaller size than software service firms, and that product firms would show a greater tendency to target countries that are both geographically and culturally distant. In fact, we found no support for most of our hypotheses, with relatively strong and sta…
The Essential Competencies of Software Professionals : A Unified Competence Gate Framework
2022
Context Developing high-quality software requires skilled software professionals equipped with a set of basic and essential software engineering competencies (SEC). These competencies and the satisfaction levels derived from them change over a project's lifecycle, or as software professionals move from one project to another. Objective Previous studies suggest a lack of means enabling SEC stakeholders to identify and assess competencies suitable for different projects. Additionally, previous research has mainly portrayed SEC to be static and overlooked their evolution over time and across projects. We investigate how we could effectively identify and match the competencies of software profe…
Startup Metrics That Tech Entrepreneurs Need to Know
2020
Metrics can be used by firms to make more objective decisions based on data. Software startups in particular are characterized by the uncertain or even chaotic nature of the contexts in which they operate. Using data in the form of metrics can help software startups to make the right decisions amid uncertainty and limited resources. However, whereas conventional business metrics and software metrics have been studied in the past, metrics in the specific context of software startups have not been studied. In this chapter, we present the results of a multivocal literature review to offer you 118 metrics practitioner experts think software startups should measure. These metrics can give you id…
Software startup education around the world : A preliminary analysis
2018
New software startups are born everyday around the world. Nonetheless, failure is the fate of most of them. The community already knows that several facts, such as market competition or lack of resources, can impact the destiny of a startup. However, little has been explored in term of the impact of software startup education on the success of failure of startups. In this sense, this study presents the initial steps that we are taking to understand how software startups are taught around the world. To do so, we design a qualitative survey aimed at software startup educators at Universities. Our goal is to gather enough information so we can help the academic community in improving their own…
The growth of Finnish software companies in 2008-2011 : empirical investigation of financial ratios as the determinants of growth
2014
The purpose of this study is to examine the relation of growth and the financial ratios of a company. The theoretical portion of the study focuses on the concept of growth in entrepreneurship theory. The empirical portion consists of examination of the financial ratios of 162 Finnish software companies in 2008-2011 by means of quantitative analysis methods. Statistical analysis methods, including analysis of variance, correlation and regression analysis, are used in the analysis. The objective of the study is to reveal how growth affects the financial ratios of a company and which ratios can be used to predict growth. The effects of companies’ age, geographical location and industrial class…
Software Startup ESSENCE : How Should Software Startups Work?
2020
Software startups need to work in a systematic fashion just like mature organizations. However, existing software engineering methods and practices are not aimed at software startups. They do not account for the business aspect of startups and may not be well suited for software startups in general. The Lean Startup Methodology on the other hand contains some useful practices for software startups but is nonetheless impractical, offering little in the way of telling you what to do. Software startups are thus required to tailor their own method. Currently, many software startups simply work ad hoc or use various Agile methods and practices. In terms of Agile methods and practices, little con…
Asiakaslähtöisyys, uusien liiketoimintamallien kokeilu ja iteratiivinen suunnittelu liiketoiminnan kehittämisessä suomalaisissa ohjelmistoyrityksissä
2015
Liiketoimintamalli on käsite, joka on vakiintunut liiketalouden ammattilaisten keskuudessa 1990-luvulta alkaen elektronisen liiketoiminnan kehittymisen myötä. Huolimatta siitä, että liiketoimintamalli käsitteenä on yleistynyt, tieteellistä yhteisymmärrystä siitä mitä sillä tarkasti tarkoitetaan, mitä se pitää sisällään ja miten sitä kehitetään, ei ole saavutettu. Aihe on vielä epäselvä varsinkin ohjelmistoalalla. Viimeaikaiset tieteelliset artikkelit painottavat arvon luomista, toimittamista ja vangitsemista liiketoimintamalleissa, sekä asiakaskeskeisyyttä ja kokeilua keskeisinä teemoina niiden suunnittelussa ja kehittämisessä. Nämä voisivat olla hyviä näkökulmia myös ohjelmistoliiketoiminn…
Ohjelmistoyrityksen liiketoimintamalli ja sen muutos : tapaus Nomovok oy
2015
Toiminta ohjelmistoalan kehittyvässä ja haastavassa kilpailuympäristössä vaatii ohjelmistoyrityksiltä jatkuvaa kykyä arvioida ja uudistaa omaa liiketoimintaansa verrattuna muihin. Liiketoimintamallin avulla ohjelmistoyritysten on helpompi hahmottaa omaa toimintaansa ja siinä tapahtuvia muutoksia. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan ohjelmistoyrityksen liiketoimintamallia sen muutoksen näkökulmasta. Tutkimustuloksista selviää, millainen ohjelmistoyrityksen liiketoimintamalli on rakenteeltaan ja millaisia muutoksia mallissa voi tapahtua eri ajanhetkien välillä. Tutkimusmetodina on laadullinen tapaustutkimus, jossa on tutkimuskohteena ohjelmistoalan yritys Nomovok Oy. Aineisto kerätään yrityksen…
The state of research on software engineering competencies: A systematic mapping study
2022
Considering the critical role of software in modern societies, we face an urgent need to educate more competent software professionals. Software engineering competencies (SEC) are considered the backbone of successfully developing software products. Consequently, SEC has become a hotspot for software engineering research and practice. Although scientific literature on SEC is not lacking, to our knowledge, a comprehensive overview of the current state of SEC research is missing. To that end, we conducted an extensive and systematic review of the SEC literature. We provide an overview of the current state of research on SEC, with a particular focus on common SEC research areas. In addition to…