Improving speed and productivity of software development: a global survey of software developers

Author

Blackburn, Joseph D. ; Scudder, Gary D. ; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.

Author_Institution

Owen Graduate Sch. of Manage., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

Volume

22

Issue

12

fYear

1996

fDate

12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

875

Lastpage

885

Abstract

Time is an essential measure of performance in software development because time delays tend to fall directly to the bottom line. To address this issue, this research seeks to distinguish time-based software development practices: those managerial actions that result in faster development speed and higher productivity. This study is based upon a survey of software management practices in Western Europe and builds upon an earlier study we carried out in the United States and Japan (Integrated Manufacturing Systems, vol. 7, no. 2, 1996). We measure the extent to which managers in the USA, Japan and Europe differ in their management of software projects and also determine the tools, technology and practices that separate fast and slow developers in Western Europe

Keywords

delays; human resource management; project management; software development management; software engineering; Japan; USA; Western Europe; empirical research; global performance comparisons; global survey; managerial actions; performance measurement; software developers; software development productivity; software development speed; software engineering; software project management; time delays; time-based software development practices; Delay effects; Europe; Productivity; Programming; Project management; Research and development management; Software development management; Software measurement; Technology management; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.553636

Filename

553636