Title :
Vendors struggle with costs, benefits of shrinking cycle times
Author_Institution :
Rio Nido, CA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Many companies have tried to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace by shortening their development cycles and rushing products to market. However, some computer industry observers say this has led to buggy products, aberrant development practices and stressed-out engineers
Keywords :
DP industry; cost-benefit analysis; economics; product development; aberrant development practices; buggy products; competitive advantage; computer industry; cost-benefit analysis; development cycle time reduction; marketplace; stressed-out engineers; time to market; vendors; Computer industry; Costs; Internet; Product development; Project management; Quality management; Software development management; Software quality; Testing; Time to market;
