Is Your Software Ecosystem in Danger? Preventing Ecosystem Death Through Lessons in Ecosystem Health

Robert Evertse; Abel Lencz; Tea Šinik; Slinger Jansen; Lamia Soussi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88583-0_9

Is Your Software Ecosystem in Danger? Preventing Ecosystem Death Through Lessons in Ecosystem Health

Robert Evertse, Abel Lencz, Tea Šinik, Slinger Jansen^*, Lamia Soussi

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Abstract

The health of an ecosystem is by definition the most basic requirement for its survival. This paper aims to examine the driving forces behind the health of software ecosystems, in a comparative manner between four different ecosystems which have experienced a major downfall. We examine these ecosystems for similarities, from which demise principles are derived. Consequently, countermeasures are proposed in an attempt to combat these demise principles. The findings show that the main demise principles are Underestimation of competitors, Lack of innovation, and Incorrect management of the ecosystem. The proposed countermeasures to address these demise principles are to Increase market awareness to increase competitive advantage, Increase product quality, Increase platform quality, Adjust value propositions and Formulate a partner-oriented strategy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops - XP 2021 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Peggy Gregory, Philippe Kruchten
Publisher	Springer
Pages	96-105
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783030885823
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88583-0_9
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development, 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 14 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021

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Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	426
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development, 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	14/06/21 → 18/06/21

Keywords

Demise countermeasures
Demise principles
End-of-life
Software ecosystem demise
Software ecosystem(s)

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Evertse, R., Lencz, A., Šinik, T., Jansen, S., & Soussi, L. (2021). Is Your Software Ecosystem in Danger? Preventing Ecosystem Death Through Lessons in Ecosystem Health. In P. Gregory, & P. Kruchten (Eds.), Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops - XP 2021 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 96-105). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 426). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88583-0_9

Evertse, Robert ; Lencz, Abel ; Šinik, Tea et al. / Is Your Software Ecosystem in Danger? Preventing Ecosystem Death Through Lessons in Ecosystem Health. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops - XP 2021 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Peggy Gregory ; Philippe Kruchten. Springer, 2021. pp. 96-105 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Evertse, R, Lencz, A, Šinik, T, Jansen, S & Soussi, L 2021, Is Your Software Ecosystem in Danger? Preventing Ecosystem Death Through Lessons in Ecosystem Health. in P Gregory & P Kruchten (eds), Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops - XP 2021 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 426, Springer, pp. 96-105, 22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development, 2021, Virtual, Online, 14/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88583-0_9

Is Your Software Ecosystem in Danger? Preventing Ecosystem Death Through Lessons in Ecosystem Health. / Evertse, Robert; Lencz, Abel; Šinik, Tea et al.
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops - XP 2021 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Peggy Gregory; Philippe Kruchten. Springer, 2021. p. 96-105 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 426).

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