Persistent problems and practices in information systems development: a study of mobile applications development and distribution

The widespread uptake of mobile technologies has witnessed a re‐structuring of the mobile market with major shifts in the predominance of particular firms and the emergence of new business models. These sociotechnical trends are significant in the ways that they are influencing and shaping the worki...

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Published in:Information systems journal (Oxford, England) England), 2014-09, Vol.24 (5), p.425-444
Main Authors: Bergvall-Kåreborn, Birgitta, Howcroft, Debra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apple
Applications programs
Business
Computer programs
crowdsourcing
ecosystem
Google
Informatics
Informatik
Information systems
Markets
Mobile communication systems
Mobile communications networks
platform
Programmers
Software
Studies
systems developers
Systems development
Trends
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Summary:The widespread uptake of mobile technologies has witnessed a re‐structuring of the mobile market with major shifts in the predominance of particular firms and the emergence of new business models. These sociotechnical trends are significant in the ways that they are influencing and shaping the working lives of software professionals. Building on prior research investigating the persistent problems and practices of systems development, this paper examines mobile applications development and distribution. A qualitative study of 60 developers based in Sweden, the UK and the USA was analysed around the interrelated problems of diversity, knowledge and structure. The analysis revealed how platform‐based development in an evolving mobile market represents significant changes at the business environment level. These changes ripple through and accentuate ongoing trends and developments, intensifying the persistent problems and challenges facing software developers.
ISSN:1350-1917
1365-2575
1365-2575
DOI:10.1111/isj.12036