Innovation Drivers and Outputs for Software Firms: Literature Review and Concept Development

Table 4

Initial codes derived from Rose [2].

Codes	Subcodes
Environmental factors	Markets, infrastructure, technology trajectories, convergence, and innovation timing
Network and community factors	Open innovation models and open source movement
Product design factors	Customer/user input, market orientation, new technology incorporation, and novel and useful product features
Process factors	Development style, agility, requirements analysis, process frameworks/methods, prototyping, and user-driven innovation
Psychological factors	Creative state, innovation styles, developing creative thinking, and fostering creative talent in engineers
Team performance factors	Dysfunction avoidance, role allocation, communicative interactions, accommodation of divergent thinking, team learning, absorptive capacity, and expertise integration
Managerial factors	Work environment, creativity barriers, and innovation leadership
Tools and techniques factors	Creativity techniques and support tools
Evaluation factors	Evaluation