Quality in the Software Development Industry of Sri Lanka Sahan Jayawarna A.T. Fonseka Abstract The software development industry of Sri Lanka has grown rapidly during recent years. However‚ the quality of software products has become a critical issue as shown in the increase in software defects and associated solutions for those problems. This study aimed at understanding the critical factors underlying software product quality. It was based on a survey of ten software development companies
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Five Dimensions and Leadership Hofstede’s Five Dimensions and Leadership Geert Hofstede examined IBM the company for over thirty years and developed a theory about cultural differences. His theory is widely used to compare differences in culture‚ and also in leadership. There were initially four dimensions of values that he measured; uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism‚ power distance and masculinity. Later a fifth dimension‚ long term orientation was added in 1991. These dimensions were
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SOFTWARE TESTING SOFTWARE TESTING Testing is the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors. TESTING PRINCIPLES All tests should be traceable to customer requirements. Tests should be planned long before testing begins. The Pareto principle applies to software testing. Stated simply‚ the Pareto principle implies that 80 percent of all errors uncovered during testing will likely be traceable to 20 percent of all program components. TESTING PRINCIPLES Testing should begin
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Software Industry By N.Kranthi Bhushan 1201010061 Software Engineering-B Software Industry The software industry includes businesses for development‚ maintenance and publication of software that are using different business models‚ mainly either "license/maintenance based" (On Premise) or "cloud based" (such as Saas‚ PaaS‚ IaaS etc etc) . The industry also includes software services‚ such as training‚ documentation‚ and consulting. History The word "software" had been coined as
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Contemporary Management “Dimensions of National Culture (Hofstede)” Assignment no. 1 Dimensions of National Culture We know we are living in a global age. Technology has brought the world much closer together. This means that people of different cultures find themselves working together and communicating more and more. Building connections with people from around the world is just one dimension of cultural diversity. You also have issues like motivating people‚ structuring projects
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Computer software‚ be it the brain behind our VCR or the program created specifically to run a country’s missile defense system‚ are an absolutely integral part of helping to make our day-to-day lives that much less complicated. But when your blender comes screaming to life in your sleep‚ or your bank somehow “loses” your life savings and says “you only have 37 cents in that account”‚ who is to blame? According to liability laws that have been in question since the birth of what might be considered
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Nowadays computer is one of necessity of people because of the fast processing of information.This electronic device is also a medium of many business sectors to have a good service and to stay competitive. The Verneeka Face and Body Center was four year’s operating‚ this skin center was servicing a client by doing some treatment. The said center was currently using a manual process in terms of recording the information of the client by writing it down to an index card and storing it in fill in
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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Slide set 1 11 CS-Sec I & II Engr. Maria Shaikh Shaikh.maria@rocketmail.com Course Structure and Contact Info Schedule 4 Classes (Theory) Exams 2/26/2014 2 Sessional Tests Presentation Assignment Final Exams Engr. Maria Shaikh 2 Relevant Literature + Lecture Foils Sommerville I.‚ "Software Engineering"‚ 8th Edition or Latest‚ Pearson Education. Pressman R.S.‚ "Software Practitioner’s Approach”‚ 7th McGraw-Hill Inc.
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extremely valuable way of classifying religion and its many aspects is through the Seven Dimensions‚ developed by Ninian Smart. (See Appendix 1) These dimensions explore the many aspects of religion in a systematic and logical way. This theory of classifying religions can be lucidly applied to the Buddhist tradition in order to gain a wider understanding. The core element of Buddhism is the Experiential Dimension‚ as the ultimate goal of all Buddhists is to attain Enlightenment or Nirvana. The other
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Cultural dimensions and dilemmas Culture is a way of life evolved and is jointly owned by a group of people and passed from generation to generation. culture formed of many complex elements‚ including religious and political systems‚ customs‚ languages‚ tools‚ clothing‚ buildings‚ and works of art. Culture also divide by two that is material and non material culture. Material cultural like something that equipment on living like house such as longhouses at Sarawak‚ Eskimo. Non material culture
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