Dr Delroy Chevers, researcher and lecturer in information systems quality at The University of the West Indies, makes a point during a recent Jamaica Observer interview at the university’s Mona campus in St Andrew. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
JAMAICAN software development firms must aim for at least a tier-three ranking to be able to attract global contracts.
The suggestion was made by researcher and lecturer in information systems quality at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Dr Delroy Chevers, who has assessed software development firms in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and Guyana. He says the Caribbean Community countries, based on international standards, are way behind countries like India, which is ranked at level five.
Jamaica, according to the researcher, has the skills and competencies and can compete with countries like India, but only if developers adopt “a simplified framework” that will improve their processes and, ultimately, their ranking.
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