Software project management: the effect of development methodologies and environment

Summary form only given. The author discusses various software project management (SPM) issues applicable in each of the four life-cycle approaches. The first disciplined approach to manage systems development, the classical system development life cycle (CSDLC), was enhanced to become the structured system development life cycle (SSDLC). The continued evolution of system development introduced prototyping, implemented by fourth-generation language tools. The usage and appropriateness of these disparate methodologies and tools in the organizational environment of a developing country, Bahrain, were investigated. The sample included different types of organizations with varying experience of computer usage in a variety of application areas. The results showed that the organizations use the traditional approach for system development with certain variations