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Web Development Techniques

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Introduction
This questionnaire is part of my dissertation project looking at different approaches and technologies for software design and development. Your answers are therefore much appreciated. All the information gathered using this instrument will be kept confidential and none of the participants would be identifiable in the final report.
Thank you in advance for your collaboration.

1. Your Name (optional):

2. Your company's name (optional):

3. Your job/position in the company is

4. What kind of software design and/or development projects does your company undertake? (select all that apply)

Web applications
PC software applications
Games
Cloud computing

Embedded software
Distributed systems
Mobile applications
Others (Specify) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

5. What kind of technologies/programming languages does your company use for design and development? (select all that apply)

HTML
CSS
ASP.NET
Others (Specify) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

6. What kind of software design and development methodology/approach does your company use? (select all that apply)

7. Do you find software development methodologies useful for…
(select all that apply)

Design?
Testing?
Training?
Prototyping?

Usability Evaluation?
Quality Assurance?
Coding?
Other? (please specify) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

8. Do you think that the software development approach used in your company is helpful for…(select all that apply)

Fulfilling the goals of company?
Efficiency?
Meeting deadlines?
Reusing Code?

Easier Implementation?
Coordinating projects?
Effectively developing software products?
Others (Specify) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

9. Is security a concern in the software systems that your company develop?

10. What kind of security features/algorithm do you implement? (select all that apply)

RSA algorithm
SHA 2 algorithm
MD5 algorithm

RC4 algorithm
SHA 1 algorithm
Square algorithm

Others (Specify) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

11. At what stages of the design and development process do users get involved in your company?

Space Cell	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Design?	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Testing?	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Training?	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Prototyping?	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Usability Evaluation?	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Quality Assurance?	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Coding?	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders
Other	End Users	User Representatives	Other Stakeholders

12. Do you find any drawbacks/disadvantages on your company's methodology/approach to systems developments?

13. Can you identify any further changes/improvements on the company's approach to software development?

14. Would there be any negative effects if there weren't a specific methodology approach to system's development in your company? What would they be?

15. What is your company's approach to a user-centred design?

16. Have you got any further comments?

Thank you very much for answering this questionnaire!

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