How Do We Cope With Covid-19 As Software House?

WHO has received overwhelming pro-bono support from tech companies to fight the COVID 19 pandemic. The world’s leading digital experts gathered at a virtual roundtable to help advance WHO’s joint response to Covid-19 as software house. This pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for digital health technology solutions, revealing successful solutions such as population screening, infection monitoring, prioritizing the use and allocation of resources, and designing targeted responses.

Covid-19 as software house

COVID-19 and digital transformation

Areas of business that fundamentally changes the way businesses operate and deliver value to their customers. The four primary areas of digital transformation include technology, data, process and organizational change, with each domain relying on the other to help businesses thrive in the digital economy.

Software development

For those unfamiliar with the concept, software development refers to the set of computer science activities devoted to the process of designing, creating, and deploying software. Industry standard functions include software testing and debugging, database development, application development, and software systems development.

Key considerations

In order for IT companies to continue working effectively on software projects with remote workers, we recommend considering the following points.

Help workers with home systems

IT companies should develop a strategic action plan for providing or facilitating remote workers with the necessary systems setup for their projects.

Evaluate the complexity of the project

Before starting a project involving remote workers, it is vital that IT companies assess its complexity. Is it a heavy project, a maintenance project, or a typical application development project. A remote work model for software projects by IT companies requires a proactive approach to be successful.

Software industry

So, looking ahead, what lasting impact is likely to be had on the UK’s burgeoning software sector by the coronavirus.

Conclusion

Stress, isolation, travel restrictions, business closures and the absence of educational, childcare and fitness facilities all take a toll. Under these conditions, working from home is fundamentally different from normal work from home. This paper presents the first large scale study of how working from home during the pandemic is affecting software developers.