NIPA strives to create a wholesome environment for the Korean Software industry to improve and strengthen, through conducting Software industry research, promoting favorable rules and regulations, supporting process improvement for raising Software product quality and productivity    Establish basic Software industry promotion plan    Research on the industrial policies, rules and regulations to strengthen the     Software industry’s competitiveness    Devise plan and conduct research to develop and foster new industrial fields.    Analyze the trends and statistics of the Korean and overseas Software markets     by segment.    Analyze the latest trends and market strategies of the Korean and overseas     major Software makers.    Monitor the Korean and overseas market and politic issues to keep up with changing     market environment    Provide new market entry and business opportunities through consistent supply-demand     research and analysis NIPA promotes a comprehensive regional Software industry support project. The project includes startup services such as providing offices, supporting management & marketing, and also the conglomeration and differentiation of regional Software industries centered on each Soft-Town    Invigorate 7 regional Soft-Towns :     Nurture major regional Software companies and their positioning areas    Support 7 regional equipment sharing centers operation :     Promote the use of the latest equipment among small Software companies in the     seven selected regions    Support 11 regional Software support centers operation :     Offer regional Software support centers startup with incubating services and step-by-step     support throughout the companies’ growth NIPA establishes various systems and provides supports to help the Korean Software industry to strengthen by improving their product quality and developing markets.    Promote the use of Benchmark Test (BMT) and enforce the Good Software (GS)     certificate    Provide the opportunities for marketing Korean Software products by organizing     global events.    Forecast the Software demand in public sectors.    Assist small Software companies in raising the standard of their products. NIPA conducts researches on the measures to improve Korean Software product quality and the Software acquisition management process for public sector. Based on these studies, it provides support for building public information system and securing a global competitiveness of the Korean Software industry.    Conduct researches on the status of rules and regulations regarding the Software     acquisition management process.    Build Software acquisition management process and set up process for Software     projects.    Provide support and technology for improving the Software acquisition     management process for public sector.    Provide training courses and conferences to improve the quality of public Software project     workforce.    Train architect-level Software design and analysis workforce    Support the development of teaching materials for embedded Software field and train its     workforce    Organize public contests for embedded Software.    Research on the status of Korean Software engineering technology standardization and     devise the strategy for standardization.    Establish and promote the standard for public Software project bidding process and     management system