Paper Info
Title
Evaluating the Contributions of a Structured Software Development and Maintenance Methodology
Abstract
This study evaluates a vendor supplied structured software development and maintenance methodology (SDMM) which was implemented in a large manufacturing firm. Thirty project teams using the methodology are measured for contributions to IS productivity compared to teams using no methodology. The performance of these projects is evaluated using both objective metrics and subjective measures taken from stakeholders of the software applications. The performance results of these thirty systems are then contrasted to the performance results of thirty-five applications in the same firm that do not use this SDMM and to one hundred sixteen applications across eleven other organizations. All of these applications had been in operation at least six months when they were studied. The software systems developed and maintained using the SDMM were found to have some significant cost and quality performance gains over the applications that do not use a methodology. However, these systems were found to have lower levels of configuration management, a feature not found within the methodology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1023/A:1013155407674
Information Technology and Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
software system,maintenance methodology,software application,software development,structured software development,software team productivity,software cost,structured methods,large manufacturing firm,performance result,thirty system,software engineering,thirty project team,configuration management,quality performance gain,software systems
Personal software process,Software engineering,Computer science,Knowledge management,Software system,Manufacturing engineering,Software project management,Software development process,Software verification and validation,Team software process,Software development,Software sizing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
1-2
1573-7667
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.88
16
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kay M. Nelson139537.51
Mehdi Ghods21139.17