What an original app! : a study on the novelty of software products

IF 1.2 Q4 ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING

International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI:10.1080/21650349.2021.1997649

A. Beghelli, Sara Jones

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ABSTRACT Innovation in software is important to both members of the public and the software industry, and involves developing software that is both useful and novel. While novelty has attracted significant interest in relation to physical products, it is not so well studied in the context of software products. In this paper, we aim to help develop our understanding of novelty in software by investigating which kinds of software products are seen as more or less novel; what factors may contribute most to perceptions of novelty in software, and whether members of the public and those involved in software development think in the same ways about these things. Through a study consisting of 3 stages, we identify examples of software products that are seen as original, at time of writing, by both software specialists and members of the public, and also two key factors – use of software in a new context, and use of a new underlying technology, which appear to contribute strongly to perceptions of novelty in software. We briefly discuss the implications of our findings and directions for further work.

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多么原创的应用啊!软件产品的新颖性研究

软件创新对公众和软件行业都很重要，它涉及到开发既有用又新颖的软件。虽然新颖性在物理产品方面引起了极大的兴趣，但在软件产品方面却没有得到很好的研究。在本文中，我们的目标是通过调查哪些类型的软件产品被视为或多或少是新颖的，来帮助我们发展对软件新颖性的理解;哪些因素可能对软件的新颖性产生最大的影响，以及公众成员和参与软件开发的人员是否以相同的方式思考这些事情。通过一项由3个阶段组成的研究，我们确定了在撰写本文时被软件专家和公众视为原创的软件产品的例子，以及两个关键因素-在新环境中使用软件，以及使用新的底层技术，这似乎对软件的新颖性有很大的贡献。我们简要地讨论了我们的发现的意义和进一步工作的方向。

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International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING-

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3.80

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27.80%

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation is an international publication that provides a forum for discussing the nature and potential of creativity and innovation in design from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Design creativity and innovation is truly an interdisciplinary academic research field that will interest and stimulate researchers of engineering design, industrial design, architecture, art, and similar areas. The journal aims to not only promote existing research disciplines but also pioneer a new one that lies in the intermediate area between the domains of systems engineering, information technology, computer science, social science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and related fields. The journal covers, but is not restricted to, the following topics: ·Theories on Design Creativity and Innovation ·Cognition of Design Creativity ·Innovative Process ·Inventive Process ·Analogical Reasoning for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Design Synthesis ·Method and Tools for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Representation of Design Creativity and Innovation ·Education for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Concept Generation and Inspiration.