Improving software on-time delivery: an investigation of project delays

Author

Ma, Z. ; Collofello, J.S. ; Smith-Daniels, D.E.

Author_Institution

Motorola Inc., Chandler, AZ, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

421

Abstract

On-time delivery is a crucial objective for the software industry. Yet, the software industry continues to be plagued by schedule slippage. The purpose of this research is to assist software managers to identify major causes of schedule slippage, manage schedule risks, and recognize effective solutions for today´s software development projects. In order to get current, sufficient, and precise information, and draw reliable conclusions, we conducted an industry survey. Conclusions derived from the related work and our survey are compared

Keywords

DP industry; scheduling; software development management; software houses; software process improvement; cycle time reduction; effective solutions; industry survey; project delays; schedule risks; schedule slippage causes; software development projects; software industry; software on-time delivery; Computer industry; Delay; Job shop scheduling; Productivity; Programming; Project management; Research and development management; Risk management; Software development management; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5846-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2000.878454

Filename

878454