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his research at international conferences. His recognitions include the
best student paper award at the 5th Conference on Management
Sciences and “Outstanding Graduate Student Award” from Maseeh
College of Engineering and Computer Science of Portland State
University. Ozbay has seven years of information technology (IT)
project management experience. He currently works as a project
manager, managing multi-organizational projects with IT and non-IT
components.

Sabin Srivannaboon is currently a postdoctoral research associate
faculty member at Portland State University, from which he received
a Ph.D. in systems science/engineering management in mid-2005. His
areas of interest include the strategic planning process, business strat-
egy, project portfolio management, program/project management,
and project strategy. Srivannaboon has presented his research at
well-recognized international technology and project management
conferences. Some of his articles have been published as chapters in
books. In addition, Srivannaboon was a coinvestigator and participated
in grant proposals (e.g., NASA, PMI) with one of the best project
management research teams in the world. Aside from his research
activities, Srivannaboon currently works as a new product introduc-
tion program manager for RadiSys Corporation, the leading supplier
of advanced embedded systems used in commercial, enterprise and
service provider markets. He will be listed in the upcoming 2005–2006
“Honors Edition” of the United Who’s Who Registry of Executives and
Professionals. He also won an “Outstanding Graduate Student
Award” from Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
in the same year (2005).

THE UNIQUE WORLD OF GLOBAL SOFTWARE PROJECTS

The Importance of Software Development

and How it Drives Other Industries
The importance of software development (SWD) has been increasing rapidly over the past
few years (Baskerville and Pries-Heje, 1999; Hartman and Ashrafi, 2002; Hoch et al.,
1999; Parzinger and Nath, 2000). Software is produced both as a product in itself and as an
embedded component in hardware products. From the operational perspective, software
enables and fuels growth across industries (Hoch et al., 1999). For example, in the service
industries, many companies have been able to improve the speed and quality of their ser-
vices with the integration of software. Additionally, in production industries, software is
an essential component in almost every product, as well as in production processes
(Nidumolu and Knotts, 1998).
From the strategic perspective, as different industries become more knowledge-
driven, they become more akin to the software industry. Software is pure knowledge in a
codified form (Hoch et al., 1999). Without software, it would not be possible for knowl-
edge to be disseminated as quickly, and most businesses would not have experienced the
rapid improvement that they have during the information age. Furthermore, in addition to
industry, governments and the military benefit from software as a driving force for their
operations (Nidumolu and Knotts, 1998).