Software challenges: the weakest link in the software engineering chain

Author

Jones, Capers

Author_Institution

Software Productivity Res.

Volume

27

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

11

Abstract

The author compares the performance of software project managers and software technical personnel for five basic activities. Automation does not guarantee success in performing project management functions, but the absence of any automation often correlates with missed or delayed schedules, poor or marginal quality, cost overruns, cancelled projects and the other classical trauma situations of the software industry. The author presents a table of results from a study which gives the percentage of projects applying automation to software management tasks.<>

Keywords

project management; software engineering; software quality; software tools; cancelled projects; cost overruns; project management; project schedules; quality; software challenges; software engineering chain; software industry; software management automation; software project manager performance; software technical personnel performance; Automation; Computer industry; Cost function; Delay; Job shop scheduling; Personnel; Project management; Software engineering; Software performance; Software quality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.291296

Filename

291296