NDLI: The Role of Platform Boundary Resources in Software Ecosystems: A Case Study

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Dal Bianco, V. Myllarniemi, V. Komssi, M. Raatikainen, M.
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: F-Secure Corp., Finland (Komssi, M.; Raatikainen, M.) \|\| Sch. of Sci., Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland (Dal Bianco, V.; Myllarniemi, V.)
Abstract	The success of software ecosystems highly depends on the variety and quality of end-user applications. Therefore, attracting third-party developers and facilitating application development is crucial. Platform boundary resources enable third-party developers to create the applications. Thus, the platform boundary resources expose and extend the platform architecture. We conducted an industrial case study on third-party developer experience, particularly on the role of platform boundary resources in exposing the platform architecture and facilitating development. The studied ecosystem is centered on managing end-users' content across devices, the ecosystem was in its pre-commercial phase. The results identify the platform boundary resources in the case study and propose a model for classifying the resources. Further, designing the platform boundary resources is not only about opening up the platform architecture. Instead, the platform boundary resources need to account for a rich variety of applications, or at least not limit too much the creativity of third-party developers, while still aiming at the ease of development. We conclude that the platform boundary resources need to be created for the third-party developers, rather than from the platform architecture.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc.
Starting Page	11
Ending Page	20
File Size	296356
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479934126
DOI	10.1109/WICSA.2014.41
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-04-07
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Ecosystems Software Computer architecture Portals Companies Standards organizations case study Ecosystem plaform boundar resources software architecture
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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