Software´s Eight Essentials

Author

Lei, Hairong ; Claus, Michael ; Rammage, Ron ; Baer, C. David ; Decool, Rene ; Kniss, Joe Michael ; Clyde, Stephen ; Cooley, Donald ; Liu, Dongxia

Author_Institution

Abbott Med. Opt., R&D Software Dev., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

June 30 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1203

Lastpage

1208

Abstract

Past 10 years have seen many changes in software development. Software project failure rate is still high. Agile analysis, lean software development, scrum, and extreme programming have been hot topics in recent years. How to make smart decision based on your corporate culture and bringing software projects to completion in time, in budget, and in quality (Three-Ins) is still a big challenge. This paper presents softwarepsilas eight essentials based on industrial and academic hard-won experiences. In many cases we present the good practices for software development. The goal is to give a guideline for modern software development and minimize software project failures.

Keywords

project management; software quality; agile analysis; extreme programming; lean software development; software project; software project failure rate; software quality; Application software; Capability maturity model; Chaotic communication; Computer science; Programming; Project management; Risk management; Software prototyping; Software quality; Software testing; Architechture; Communication; Configuration; Lessons -Learned; Ownership; Priority; Process; Prototype; Risk; contingency-plan;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

New Trends in Information and Service Science, 2009. NISS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3687-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NISS.2009.273

Filename

5260479