Title :
Early Design Decisions
Author :
Hatton, Les ; van Genuchten, Michiel
Author_Institution :
Kingston Univ., Kingston upon Thames, UK
Abstract :
An online survey with experienced managers and architects, all authors of previous Impact columns, compliments the special issue on studying professional software design. The practitioner´s view on the topic discusses who should be involved in early design decisions, the tools used, and typical mistakes.
Keywords :
systems analysis; early design decisions; professional software design; Best practices; Decision making; Product development; Software design; architecture; early design decisions; prototyping; testing;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
