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PROMATIS is a felicitous example for interdisciplinary technology transfer between research and practice. The cooperation with institutions of research and education, and the mutual exchange of ideas is an integral part of our innovation management. We support universities, technical colleges, professional colleges, and research institutes for the development of innovative and forward-looking ideas, concepts and methods. Products which are reasonably priced and meet the requirements, together with the accompanying training, form the basis of this cooperation.
Since many years, PROMATIS is carrying out projects with the University of Karlsruhe (TH), the J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, the University of Muenster and the George Mason University in Washington. Cooperation projects provide a good basis for the involvement of PhD candidates and students - an especially fruitful form of knowledge transfer.
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Current survey on Offshore-Projects
In the context of the network research project OUTSHORE, in which PROMATIS also participates actively, a survey is done on Offshore experiences. |
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Collaboration within the means of Software Development based on service-oriented Architectures
When realizing systems based on modern service-oriented architectures (SOA) team members with different knowledge and abilities are involved. They realize components on different levels of these architectures with the corresponding tools. Due to the size of the planned projects, the complexity of service-oriented architectures and the use of modern development concepts (Extreme Programming, Aspect-Orientation) a high degree of cooperation is needed. Worldwide distributed project teams are a further challenge for Software Development. In line with this research project, concepts are to be developed to optimally support collaboration in this environment. |
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OUTSHORE – Study and Method Development to evaluate Success Factors when placing Software Projects in low-wage Countries
Neither outsourcing nor offshoring are no ‘cure-all solutions” for problems when developing complex software systems. Information technology has propagandized both variants to outsource development activities both nationally (outsourcing) and offshore (Offshoring). Offshoring is chosen due to low wages. However both procedures have high risks. Upcoming problems and dangers when contracting out are often not to oversee or control. In this project a procedure is developed to evaluate offshore software development projects in low-wage countries. First a study is done, in which information from completed and ongoing software projects of industry partners is gathered and analyzed. Resulting, a special procedure model for offshore projects is developed. It upgrades the procedure model with criteria for deciding positive or negative on outsourcing identified in the study. The development of simulation tools is thought to make the analysis possible of offshore scenarios and be helpful to make decisions with offshoring ambitions on one hand and on the other hand the simulation tools have to show risks and problems in advance, which eventually might lead to not placing an offshore project. Markov Decision Models or Real Option Models might serve as basics here. With the aid of simulation tools prognoses and decision support can be made to avoid financial risks when planning offshore software development projects. The results from the OUTSHORE project can be used by companies when placing offshore projects. The results give especially KMUs more safeness in planning und placing offshore software projects.
Publications at ICGSE'2007 |
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Further research projects |
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