Software Startup Practices : Software Development in Startups Through the Lens of the Essence Theory of Software Engineering
Kemell, K.-K., Ravaska, V., Nguyen-Duc, A., & Abrahamsson, P. (2020). Software Startup Practices : Software Development in Startups Through the Lens of the Essence Theory of Software Engineering. In M. Morisio, M. Torchiano, & A. Jedlitschka (Eds.), PROFES 2020 : 21st International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Proceedings (pp. 402-418). Springer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12562. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64148-1_25
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Software startups continue to be important drivers of economy globally. As the initial investment required to found a new software company becomes smaller and smaller resulting from technological advances such as cloud technology, increasing numbers of new software startups are born. Startups are considered to differ from other types of software organizations in various ways, including software development. In this paper, we study software development in startups from the point of view of practices to better understand how startups develop software. Using extant literature and case study data, we devise a list of practices which we categorize using the Essence Theory of Software Engineering (Essence). Based on the data, we propose a list of common practices utilized by software startups. Additionally, we propose potential changes to Essence to make it better suited for the software startup context.
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