Software Industry Of Pakistan Research Articles

Prediction of Personality Profiles in the Pakistan Software Industry–A Study

Psychology says not everyone is able to do all type of tasks assigned to them. This point is valid for people working in the software industries as well. Therefore, when assigning the most suitable tasks to people according to their personality type, a software development company’s succession rate can be proliferated to a remarkable level. In this manner, the main theme of this empirical research is to find relationships that establish links between personality type and their job designation preferences in the software industry. For this purpose, this study is comprised of 44 Pakistan developers, who are working in different software houses and are directly involved in developing software projects. In addition, an MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) test indicator is used for the link establishment. With respect to the reported results, tester, team lead, and project manager are found to be ENFJs, which is the least common type in software developers. However, for web developers and software engineers, ISFJ is found to be the most preferable type, with an edge over ENFJ.

Requirement Analysis issues in Pakistan Software Industry

Requirement Analysis is an important phase in software development. Failure or success of software product depends upon requirement analysis phases. In this paper, a detailed critical analysis was conducted to find out the expected issues behind software project’s failure. It has been found that several issues are associated with this phase such as: customer ambiguity, requirement changing during the project etc. The study was conducted by questionnaires to figure out these issues in the Pakistani software industry.

Requirement Elicitation issues and Challenges in Pakistan Software Industry

Requirement elicitation is the actual description of the system that the software developers follow in the earlier stages of development process. It is one of the most important and primary part in developing a new application or project. It describes what a system should do and what it is capable of doing. There are some essential requirements of a system that must be met for its correct functionality. Many software systems fail due to the wrong requirement elicitation practices or poor requirement elicitation. Without the help of elicitation, it is impossible to find out the needs and the requirements of the user. In Pakistan software industry, requirement elicitation practices are not followed. In this paper, we have analyzed the issues and challenges being faced by the Pakistan software industry due to the poor requirement elicitation process. The identified issues in requirement elicitation process include a change of scope, volatility problem, change in user needs, understanding problem, uncertain requirements, communication problem, and missing requirements.

Traits of leadership for efficacious communication of Project Management in Software Industry of Pakistan

This study aims at exploring the essential personas a project manager as a leader must possess for an effective communication. This study has been conducted in the context of Pakistani Software industry and the data was collected by running a self administrated online survey distributed to the employees: managers and subordinates. Latest studies are focusing on Trustworthiness and old studies have presented Transformation and Transaction Leaders‟ traits. Communication is vital, and its importance cannot be denied. Communication must possess Trustworthiness, Fairness and Candidness factors which this study highlights and stresses to be as the most important traits of a PM. Pakistani Software industry lacks communication which results in failures of projects which can be overcome by applying an integrated model presented in this study. In conclusion, a project manager must evaluate and gather all the information according to the situation and after that apply proper skills to cope with that. Employees do much better if the right and correct information are transferred to them and the project manager/manager is trustworthy.

Perception of Justice and Trust in Software Industry of Pakistan

The present study concentrates on how organizational justice influences trust and performance of employees in an organization. Trust level of employees is affected by how employees perceive justice in organizations and hence, it also affects the performance of the organization. It may be inferred that trust is a vital component in mediating the connection of organizational justice and organizational performance. The industry used for the present research is the software industry of Pakistan. A structured questionnaire was sent to 350 employees, randomly selected, working in various software firms in Punjab, Pakistan. Structural Equation Modeling - AMOS was applied for analyzing the data. The findings from the research revealed that trust played a strong mediating relationship between fairness and performance of the organization. The results provide useful insights for organizations, particularly the software firms of Pakistan since this study considers factors other than economic gain that may be more important to the employees in improving the performance of the organization.

Organizational culture and innovation performance in Pakistan's software industry

Rapid transformation in technological innovation requires organizations to develop a culture that fosters innovation performance for sustainable development amidst global competition. The core aim of this empirical investigation is to explore the role of organizational culture, particularly an inclusive culture, in the innovation performance of the software industry in Pakistan. To achieve the objective of this study, research was conducted to collect the required information by using a structured questionnaire from software firms in Pakistan via an online data collection system using Google Forms. The sample size is (n = 215) therefore, descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression models are used to determine the association between explanatory factors of organizational culture and innovation performance. The results propose that organizational innovation performance is backed and affected by organizational culture. Flexibility/support to change and organizational climate are the comparatively significant factors for creativity and innovation performance. This study focuses on the cultural influence of innovation performance in a specific industry where measurable performance is critical for competitive survival: the software industry. It is critical to understand this relationship, particularly in the context of a developing economy, because of the status of the software industry in the rapid technological innovation and economic progress of the country.

Offshore Outsourcing Risk Management for Pakistan

Software offshore outsourcing is strong pillar of software development. Software offshore outsourcing involves many risks, due to internal or external factors, that must be recognized and managed. Each organization that deals with the offshore outsourcing must be well aware of all the risk factors and barriers in the offshore outsourcing to maintain the quality of their product. It is very important for the Pakistan’s software industry to improve and maintain the quality of the products with minimal risk and compete with other countries in offshore outsourcing. The problem addressed in this research article is to minimize the risks occurring in offshore software outsourcing. For that purpose, we propose some offshore outsourcing risk mitigation guidelines for the software industry of Pakistan. We use empirical analysis and the qualitative method. A comprehensive literature review is carried out. The risk factors related to offshore outsourcing specifically for Pakistan’s software industry are generated empirically.

Workplace Design and Employee’s Performance and Health in Software Industry of Pakistan

Factors like colour, light, air quality, environmental conditions, and noise has a great effect on the Health and Performance of office employees. All these factors have the impact on employee’s performance and are the reasons to improve or reduce the level of employee’s working quality and health. The office design, computer usage, and sitting postures affect the muscles, eyes and other body parts. Availability of better office environment and design improve the performance and health of employees to achieve much better and productive outcome from the employees. Following empirical study has investigated the relationship between office workplace design and employee’s health and performance. We conducted a survey on the employees working in the software industry of Pakistan, collected the data from employees through questionnaire. We used Linear Regression for the analysis of the study. The results concluded that workplace design has a significant impact on employee’s health, and have a negative relationship with the employee discomfort level. Results also showed that workplace design has statistically significant impact on employee’s performance.

Impact of Social Media on the Success of Technological Entrepreneurial Ventures

Business methods and practices have changed due to development in the technology. The tools of technology have brought a paradigm shift in the business techniques. Social media has now become a significant factor for the entrepreneurs. Social media is the vital dependency factor of entrepreneurial growth and development. The paper discusses the impact of Social Media on the success of technological entrepreneurial ventures in Pakistan. The sample of research includes the entrepreneurial ventures of software industry in Pakistan. The research purpose is to study the impact of social media practices of marketing, branding, networking and communication on the business success. Questionnaire based study is carried out to collect the data from software entrepreneurial ventures to test the hypothesis of research. Statistical analysis is performed on the data to study the association between success and social media. The results show that strong impact of social media is found on the success of entrepreneurial ventures. The strongest significant relationship is found between social media communication and networking with the technological entrepreneurial growth and success. Keywords: Technology Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Entrepreneurial Success, Social Media Practices, Technological Entrepreneurial Ventures

Issues Elicitation and Analysis of CMMI Based Process Improvement in Developing Countries Theory and Practice

Researchers have tried to find out the pattern of rising and fall of Pakistani software industry and also the reasons for what is going exactly wrong with this industry. Different studies have witnessed that in Pakistan, the software industry is not following the international standards. Another surprising fact, being observed in the past analysis, is the companies which have initiated CMMI-based SPI program have not even achieved the higher levels of CMMI from past three years, which is an alarming sign of the declining attitude of the industry. Therefore, it has become mandatory to look for the weak points or critical barriers or issues which are actually, the reason for this slow progress of CMMI-based SPI in Pakistan software industry. This study has identified that the issues for CMMI based SPI in Pakistan are much different than what it reported in the literature. Giving proper attention to the root of the problem can help solve many of the problems in this regard.

Software Quality Assurance A Study Based on Pakistan’s Software Industry

<span>This paper investigates the role of quality management practices in software industry of Pakistan.<span> We present a comparison between the more-experienced and less-experienced firms with respect<span> to the critical factors of quality management. The critical factors of quality management<span> practices in the software industry are first identified from the literature survey and validated<span> through an empirical study. The study attempts to probe the influence of “age of quality” and<span> “use of software” over software quality management practices and programs. The results of the<span> study shows that the ‘age of quality” and “use of software” have partial influence over the<span> software quality management.<br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

Lean quality improvement model for quality practices in software industry in Pakistan

AbstractImplementation of quality and achieving quality culture in small and medium software houses (SMSH) have been a subject of discussion among the industry. The existing software process improvement frameworks are too heavy for SMSH. There is a need of lean quality models that will help SMSH in establishing quality culture with minimal effort and resources. The objective of this research study is to map the environment and culture of SMSH in Pakistan towards quality improvement and process improvement by implementing total quality management philosophy. A lean quality improvement model (LQIM) consisting of four quality constructs and 10 quality practices has been proposed. The LQIM is validated using good fit indices in structural equation modeling. At the end, implementation of the proposed LQIM is explained using the Deming's philosophy of plan, do, check, act cycle for continuous process improvement. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Software Inspection in Software Industry: A Pakistan's Perspective

Today in software world the qualifying criterion for a software product is to be of high quality. Quality enables a software product to conform to customer's expectations. It is another name for best available services and is made acceptable through many practices like reviews, inspections and testing. Among these software inspection is the one which is cost efficient and easy to implement technique. Software inspection is composed of many activities to result in improving the underlying document better and creates consistent understanding. This research presents the different activities in the inspection and practicing of these activities in the software industry of Pakistan. This research is carried out through questionnaires. The answers demonstrate that software inspection is source of better quality products and customer satisfaction without using any proper framework of inspection.

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of knowledge management practices on the firm’s performance in software industry of Pakistan. A co relational research design using a multiple regression was used to test the causal relationships among the knowledge management practices, firm’s performance and the moderating role of interpersonal trust. Hypotheses were tested through field research study carried out on 38 firms in information technology industry of Pakistan. Quantitative data using convenient sampling technique were collected through questionnaires. The important finding of this paper is that the presence of IPT as a moderator changes the direction or strength of relation between KMPs and FP. This study contributes to the growing body of literature linking knowledge management and the resource base view and knowledge base view and determines practices that have a positive incidence on firm’s performance. The paper concludes that developing interpersonal trust among employees can lead to effective implementation of KMPS which increases the firm’s performance. Future cross-cultural research would be valuable and may reveal details about the phenomena in a broader context. Key words: Knowledge Management Practices (KMPs), Firm Performance (FP), Interpersonal Trust (IPT), Resource Base View (RBV), Knowledge Base View (KBV).

Examining the Impact of Perceived Service Quality Dimensions on Repurchase Intentions and Word Of Mouth: A Case from Software Industry of Pakistan

This study attempts to investigate the relationship between dimensions of service quality using SERVQUAL, repurchase intention and word of mouth with an emphasis on mediating effect of customer satisfaction. Reliability, tangibility, assurance, empathy, and responsiveness are the five key dimensions of service quality. Total 300 questionnaires were distributed among the clientele of software houses based in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and Lahore out of which 290 useful questionnaires were useful. The analysis was performed using correlation, multiple regression analysis and Baron and Kenny Test. The results indicated that dimensions of service quality have a significant positive influence on repurchase intention and word of mouth, and customer satisfaction partially mediates between the dependent and independent variable.

Software Quality Assurance in Software Projects: A Study of Pakistan

Software quality is specific property which tells what kind of standard software should have. In a software project, quality is the key factor of success and decline of software related organization. Many researches have been done regarding software quality. Software related organization follows standards introduced by Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) to achieve good quality software. Quality is divided into three main layers which are Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Software Quality Plan (SQP) and Software Quality Control (SQC). So In this study, we are discussing the quality standards and principles of software projects in Pakistan software Industry and how these implemented quality standards are measured and managed. In this study, we will see how many software firms are following the rules of CMMI to create software. How many are reaching international standards and how many firms are measuring the quality of their projects. The results show some of the companies are using software quality assurance techniques in Pakstan.

A Framework for IT Industry Development: A Case Study of Pakistan

The software industry in developing countries has received attention in recent years due to two broad factors: i) Developing countries are becoming a significant contributor to the growing global outsourcing of software products and services; and ii) Software industry is seen as a potential catalyst for rapid socio- economic development in these countries.An integrated framework for understanding Information Technology (IT) industry in a developing country is presented and then applied to understand the software industry in Pakistan. This paper provides information on the software industry in Pakistan and analyses the associated organisational management issues. Business strategies and management practices of a representative sample of Pakistan's software companies have been studied. It was found that currently a majority of software firms is trying to adopt better marketing strategies and improve their quality assurance systems and project management capabilities as a requirement for focussing on export markets. The key issues faced by software firms are lack of skilled manpower, inefficient infrastructure, unavailability of financing and non- protection of intellectual rights. Measures taken by the Government, software industry association and recent developments that have led to more than 30% growth rate of the IT industry in Pakistan, are also presented. The proposed framework is utilised to formulate some recommendations for further development of the IT industry.