17 pieces of open source software published in the N4S program
As the design cycles in the software industry get faster, streamlined and agile methods have proven successful. The premise of the N4S program is that the agility of large projects can and should also be increased. In joint projects, it is essential that all results are shared as transparently as possible. Participating organizations develop products,…
The Need for Speed program: 100 scientific articles already published
The digital change in the economy has been rapid. Digital commodities are available to everyone immediately, at any time of the day. The Need for Speed program of Digile and Tekes has studied and developed business models, operating practices and tools for the now real-time digital economy. As part of the program, one hundred scientific…
Stairway to Heaven – A Model for Companies
These days, successful software development requires involving the clients in the design. However, this means that the management of customer feedback already has to be in order. Stairway to Heaven is a model which was created at the Universities of Malmö and Chalmers for industrial co-operation. Through the N4S programme, a similar, sufficiently long-term model…
Radio Station Broadcasted By Tablet
Jutel, one of the world’s leading digital radio station system providers, has developed a fully digital, web-based public audio solution for large public spaces. The project also involves speaker manufacturer Genelec and a healthy dose of agile software development. The system is the first one of its kind in the world. The Oulu-based Jutel is…
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) studies the impact of change in software production practices on well-being at work.
FIOH’s project studies well-being at work in software development groups who are taking advantage of agile methods and constantly creating and releasing new software versions. Researchers are particularly interested in well-being at work of software developers as companies in the N4S program are adopting new methods and practices. ”There have been some studies on the motivation…
Snapwallet: a Safe Photo Service for Smart Phone
Snapwallet is a free smart phone application that offers a safe place for storing important documents and passwords. Snapwallet has military-level information security and privacy protection. The Snapwallet application for Android phones is based on the Secure Selfie Camera application developed by DF-Data Ltd. DF-Data is F-Secure’s separate company for test marketing. Test marketing is…
Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda published
The Need for Speed (N4S) Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) describes the position and intent of the Finnish software intensive industry and research in the context of the transformation as well as the critical research areas that should be tackled in order to ensure that the Finnish industrial organizations and society can build a…
Overly Fast Software Development Creates Technical Debt
In fast software development, companies may take shortcuts and utilize quick solutions that make further development of the software more difficult. These speed-driven shortcuts are called technical debt, which must be paid back during further development. A group led by Professor of Software Engineering Kari Smolander from the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) analyzes the…
Students of JAMK University of Applied Sciences Challenge Factory team develop technical solutions based on N4S themes
The students became familiar with the Tieto TOAS product platform and adapted it to the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS operating system. The students also developed a virtual product simulator based on the Unity3d game development environment. JAMK holds an annual Challenge Factory event each summer, where students can work with Need for Speed themes in a…
Open Seminar presentation videos published on N4S-website: From Agile Development to Mercury Business
Open seminar on the future of Software Business featured high profile speakers, representing both industry and academy addressing latest knowledge and experiences about software engineering, testing, development and business. Now presentations are available on N4S-website. Lionel C. Briand – Cost-Effective Model-Based Testing Natalia Juristo – Experiments in the Finnish software industry Omar Mohout – Hyper…