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Dataquest Guide: Software Market Research Methodology
8 May 2007
 
Colleen Graham   Sharon A. Mertz   Joanne M. Correia   Fabrizio Biscotti   Tom Eid   Ruggero Contu   Laurie F. Wurster   Chris Pang   Yanna Dharmasthira   Chad Eschinger   Michele Cantara   Alan Dayley   Asheesh Raina   John Rizzuto   Dan Sommer   Bhavish Sood   Hai Hong Swinehart  

Gartner Dataquest's Software research group's market share and forecast methodology is presented here, along with software revenue definitions and licensing models.





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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Market Share and Forecast — Overview and Methodology

1.1
    
 Market Share and Forecast Overview
1.2
    
 Market Share Methodology
1.3
    
 Market Share Research Process
1.4
    
 Forecasting Methodology
2.0
    
 Software Revenue Components and Licensing Models

2.1
    
 Software License Revenue Recognition
2.2
    
 Understanding Components of Recognized Revenue

2.2.1
    
 Total Software Revenue
2.3
    
 Abstract Components vs. Real-World Complexity
2.4
    
 Types of Software Licenses


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Table 1.  
 License-Type Matrix
 

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Figure 1. 
 Software Segmentation Structure
 



Document History:
 
Dataquest Guide: Software Market Research Methodology
16 April 2008
  
Dataquest Guide: Software Market Research Methodology
8 May 2007
  




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