The fundamental goal of all good design and engineering is to create maximal value added for any given investment. There are many dimensions in which value can be assessed, from m...
: This paper examines possibilities and consequences of introducing variability with respect to pricing, accounting, and way of payment into software product lines for developers, ...
In this paper, we discuss the major issues associated with the new model of software delivery – service on demand – and explain why it alters the economics of software. As this...
This paper provides a roadmap for software engineering. It identifies the principal research challenges being faced by the discipline and brings together the threads derived from ...
Software's increasingly critical role in systems of widespread significance presents new challenges for the education of software engineers. Not only is our dependence on sof...