Paper Info
Title
Software Industry Practice In Africa: Case Study Sudan
Abstract
The software development industry has a vital role in the economic development of Africa. However, there are limited studies investigating the software industry in Africa. In this work, we attempt to close this gap through the study of the software industry in Sudan (East Africa). This paper presents a questionnaire based survey exploring the demographics, software development practices and risks associated with the Sudanese software industry. Approximately 100 practitioners participated in this study representing the major software companies operating in Sudan. The key challenges identified in this work were the insufficient description of software development procedures, communication methods and customer relations within companies. The results of this study contribute to the diversity of international research in software engineering practice and provide necessary data for researchers in ICT in Africa.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/COMPSAC.2017.218
2017 IEEE 41ST ANNUAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE (COMPSAC), VOL 1
Keywords
Field
DocType
software development practice, survey, developing countries, Africa
Customer relationship management,Systems engineering,Knowledge management,Software,International research,Demographics,Information and Communications Technology,Engineering,Management science,Software development,Government
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0730-3157
0
0.34
References 
Authors
11
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Saleh Alamdy100.34
Rasha Osman2292.98