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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Software development projects"”.
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Managing multiple interdependencies in large scale software development projects
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1997.
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Seeking improvements in detailed design support for software development projects
… issues in relation to the documentation of software systems. Documentation requires significant effort to create and maintain and this can often reduce the inclination to produce it in a timely manner and to ensure that it remains up to date with the program which code it corresponds to. As …
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A new estimation methodology for reusable component-based software development projects
Estimating the duration of software development projects is a difficult task. There are many factors that can derail software projects. However, estimation forms the fundamental part of planning and costing any project and is therefore very necessary. While several formal estimation methodologies …
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Critical success factors influencing agile software development projects: a theoretical and empirical investigation
… of today's organisations. The Agile mindset to software development and project delivery has substantially improved project outcomes compared to traditional software development methodologies. However, while Agile projects are more successful than traditional approaches, the success rate is …
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A systems analysis of complex software product development dynamics and methods
Software development projects and products have long shouldered a reputation for missed deadlines, blown budgets, and low quality. Unfortunately, this negative reputation appears to be supported by more than just anecdotal evidence; quoting an industry study', respected software development expert …
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Systematic prioritization of considerations in making offshore software development outsourcing decisions
Offshore outsourcing of software development projects has become increasingly prevalent over the past decade. In order to avoid potential pitfalls in outsourcing, companies must carefully select who to outsource to. Although general guidelines exist for those companies to consult, they are not …
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FATORES CRÍTICOS DE SUCESSO NO USO DE EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT EM PROJETOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE E A RELAÇÃO COM A QUALIDADE PERCEBIDA
… (EVM), as a monitoring and control technique, in software development projects and identify possible influence of the technique in the perception of the quality in relation to project management between the involved. The work uses as a referential theory Rockart s (1979) method of CSF, the …
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A Model of Multicultural Software Project Team Management applied in Requirements Engineering
In today's world of global software teams, managing members from multiple countries and cultures adds to an already complex mix of software productivity issues. While software team compositions have been researched based on tasks, personality, and role descriptions, few models exist to help …
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An Alternative Method for Determining Adjusted Function Points as the Basis for Software Cost Estimating
<p>As software costs become an increasingly higher percentage of total computer system costs, it becomes increasingly more important for software development managers to have the ability to predict development costs with reasonable accuracy early in the software development cycle. Software …
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Impact of using Suggestion Bot while code reviewing
… quality of pull request comments for pull-based software development projects. In addition to providing automated suggestions, this feature also offers valuable, concise, and targeted feedback.
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Implementation of the critical chain project management methodology in IBM's S/390 software development environment
Software Development projects have a long history of being notoriously difficult to manage. From early experiences with the IBM OS/360 Operating System over 20 years ago to more recent experiences with the IBM OS/390 Operating System, the Project Management challenges remain. This phenomenon exists …
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Improving project management planning and control in service operations environment.
Projects have evidently become the core activity in most companies and organisations where they are investing significant amount of resources in different types of projects as building new services, process improvement, etc. This research has focused on service sector in attempt to improve project …
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A critical realist examination of the inhibitors of double loop learning in an agile adoption
The original solution to the high failure rate of software development projects was the imposition of an engineering approach to software development, with processes aimed at providing a repeatable structure to maintain a consistency in the ‘production process’. Despite these attempts at addressing …
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Geographic and Social Space in Latent Factor Models - Four Essays
… predict the evolution of social relationships in software development projects. This combination of various perspectives contributes to the interdisciplinary exchange of methodological knowledge on the modeling of dependent data.
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Investigating the factors which influence the misalignment between developers and testers in agile organizations
… of a misalignment between the role of the software tester and the software developer in software development teams specifically in organizations that adopt agile methodologies to manage their software development projects. It is this misalignment between these two roles and the lack of …
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Identification and prioritisation of success factors in agile software development in the South African software development industry
Agile software development is a methodology initiated to offer "agility" by addressing the rigidity of traditional methodologies to limit the associated negative effects. It has been increasingly adopted in the South African software development industry. However, there is no comprehensive research …
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Adoptive governance in distributed agile development projects
… for research to increase the knowledge on how development firms could generate and enhance value from their distributed IT projects. Recent literature indicates the need for studies to address significant challenges of distributed information systems development teams, such as cultural …
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Product usability and process improvement based on usability problem classification
… those problems, and their relationship to development context, not only constrains product improvement, but hampers efforts to improve the user interface development process. A new taxonomic model (the Usability Problem Taxonomy) is presented which contributes to both product and process …
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Prototyping Z specifications in extended Lisp.
… to be the key factor in the failure of many software development projects; the development of formal specification techniques and notations allows the unambiguous statement of requirements, against which an implementation can generally be verified or even proved. While this approach will …
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