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A Discussion of Software Product Conceptualizations

Sami Hyrynsalmi, Arho Suominen, Timo Knuutila, A Discussion of Software Product Conceptualizations. In: Marko Seppänen, Saku Mäkinen, Roland J. Ortt, Yasser Hosni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Management of Technology, EuroMOT2011, 226--240, Tampere University of Technology, 2011.

Abstract:

Software business has been changing from a customer-driven project business to a more concrete product business. This has also changed the conceptualizations related to software products and product development. Terms such as ‘modularity’, ‘standardization’ and ‘productization’ have been introduced to describe these changes. This study reviews different conceptualizations in creating software products and tries to identify the research gap that has been arisen from the change of the business. The study shows that the paradigm change to more market-driven products has introduced ambiguous terminology, which significantly overlaps with existing mature product development concepts. The study suggests that research should focus more on existing approaches in analyzing software products.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{iHySuKn11a,
  title = {A Discussion of Software Product Conceptualizations},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Management of Technology, EuroMOT2011},
  author = {Hyrynsalmi, Sami and Suominen, Arho and Knuutila, Timo},
  editor = {Seppänen, Marko and Mäkinen, Saku and Ortt, Roland J. and Hosni, Yasser},
  publisher = {Tampere University of Technology},
  pages = {226--240},
  year = {2011},
  keywords = {Software product, Software productization, Software product development, Software product  architecture },
}

Belongs to TUCS Research Unit(s): TUCS Productization Laboratory, Software Development Laboratory (SwDev)

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