Authors:
Ari P. Hirvonen
1
;
Jarmo J. Ahonen
2
and
Mirja Pulkkinen
3
Affiliations:
1
TietoEnator, Finland
;
2
School of Information and Communication Technology, Seinäjoki Polytechnic, Finland
;
3
Information Technology Research Institute, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Keyword(s):
Methodologies, large-scale provider, architecture management, software engineering, requirement engineering, consulting
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Software Engineering
;
Systems Engineering
Abstract:
The role of modern ICT-services providers has changed from easily defined system engineers to full-scale providers. The types, or profiles, of projects supplied by such providers are not very well understood. In this article a company specific analysis of a set of projects is presented. The analysis clarifies the types of projects and discusses the features of those types. Five distinctive profiles of projects were found excluding the maintenance. Some of the profiles were unexpected and seem to reflect the changing nature of the system engineering market. This change shows that changes to existing methodologies and new methodologies are required in order to offer proper methodological support for modern full-scale ICT-services providers.