Industrial-strength management strategies

Author

Brown, Norm

Author_Institution

Software Program Managers Network, Arlington, VA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

103

Abstract

As our industry undertakes ever larger development projects, the number of defects occurring in delivered software increases exponentially. Drawing on his experiences in the defense industry, the author offers nine best practices to improve the management of large software systems: (1) risk management; (2) agreement on interfaces; (3) formal inspections; (4) metrics-based scheduling and management; (5) binary quality gates at inch/pebble level; (6) program-wide visibility of progress vs. plan; (7) defect tracking against quality targets; (8) configuration management; and (9) people-aware management accountability

Keywords

configuration management; project management; risk management; software development management; best practices; binary quality gates; configuration management; defect tracking; defense industry; delivered software defects; formal inspections; industrial-strength software management strategies; interfaces; large software development projects; large software systems; metrics-based scheduling; people-aware management accountability; planning; program-wide visibility; progress; quality targets; risk management; Computer industry; Costs; Defense industry; Hardware; Large-scale systems; Software development management; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software systems; State estimation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.526836

Filename

526836