The Economics of Information Systems and Software
- 1st Edition - March 29, 1991
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Richard Veryard
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 9 4 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 1 8 2 - 2
The Economics of Information Systems and Software focuses on the economic aspects of information systems and software, including advertising, evaluation of information systems, and… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Economics of Information Systems and Software focuses on the economic aspects of information systems and software, including advertising, evaluation of information systems, and software maintenance. The book first elaborates on value and values, software business, and scientific information as an economic category. Discussions focus on information products and information services, special economic properties of information, culture and convergence, hardware and software products, materiality and consumption, technological progress, and software flexibility. The text then takes a look at advertising to finance software, perspectives on East-West relations in economics and information, and evaluation of information systems. Topics include research on information systems, knowledge on Eastern European information services, GDR information institutes, local databases, GDR databases, CMEA directions, and theoretical propositions. The manuscript reviews software reuse, software methodology in the harsh light of economics, quantitative aspects of software maintenance management, and calibrating a software cost-estimation model. Concerns cover the need for calibration, measuring maintainability, prognosis of maintenance effort, object-oriented programming, metaprogramming, and software quality and reuse. The text is a dependable reference for computer science experts and researchers wanting to explore further the economics of information systems and software.
1 Introduction: Value and ValuesSection I: Software Business 2 Mapping Strategies for Software Businesses 3 Scientific Information as an Economic Category 4 Advertising to Finance Software: The Feasibility of Soapware 5 Perspectives on East-West Relations in Economics and InformationSection II: Evaluation of Benefits 6 The Evaluation of Information Systems: A Critique 7 Cost-Benefit Analysis for MIS Expenditures Using Models Developed for Justifying Research and Development ExpendituresSection III: Project Costs And Management 8 Software Costing in Practice 9 Calibrating a Software Cost-Estimation Model: Why and How 10 Economics of Software Project Management in Tunisia: Basic Tucomo 11 Are Software Cost-Estimation Models Accurate? 12 Some Quantitative Aspects of Software Maintenance ManagementSection Iv: Method Costs and Productivity 13 Software Methodology in the Harsh Light of Economics 14 Software Reuse - Key to Enhanced Productivity: Some Quantitative Models 15 Economics of Reuse: Issues and AlternativesIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 29, 1991
- No. of pages (eBook): 250
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483129402
- eBook ISBN: 9781483161822
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