Leadership challenges for the future [of the software industry]

Author

Athey, Tim

Author_Institution

FutureLink Consulting, Fort Collions, CO, USA

Volume

15

Issue

3

fYear

1998

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

77

Abstract

The software industry´s phenomenal growth over the past 10 years presents significant challenges for management. The author describes how management issues in software differ from those in hardware development, and he proposes 10 areas of leadership competency that software managers need in order to succeed: (1) business literacy; (2) technology vision; (3) cross-functional orientation; (4) strategic partnership management; (5) customer relations; (6) total quality discipline; (7) market decisiveness; (8) technical teamwork; (9) knowledge development; and (10) leadership versatility

Keywords

software development management; software houses; technological forecasting; business literacy; cross-functional orientation; customer relations; future; knowledge development; leadership competency; leadership versatility; management issues; market decisiveness; software development; software industry; software managers; strategic partnership management; technical teamwork; technology vision; total quality discipline; Computer industry; Environmental management; Financial management; Hardware; Investments; Programming; Quality management; Software development management; Software quality; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.676747

Filename

676747