• DocumentCode
    1483029
  • Title

    Making RAD work for your project

  • Author

    Boehm, Barry

  • Author_Institution
    Software Eng., Univ. of Southern California, CA, USA
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    113
  • Abstract
    For several good business reasons, rapid application development has become increasingly popular. In general, RAD gives you earlier product payback and more payback time before the pace of technology makes your product obsolete. For software product sales, RAD also helps you debut a product earlier in a market window, which lets the product capture more market share, revenues, and profits. To gain maximum benefit from RAD, however, you must choose the RAD form that best suits your project. The article presents the various forms of RAD available and give advice on which to choose
  • Keywords
    project management; software development management; software prototyping; RAD; business reasons; market share; market window; maximum benefit; payback time; product payback; rapid application development; software product sales; Application software; Automation; Collaborative work; Costs; Engineering profession; Hardware; Inspection; Investments; Project management; Scheduling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2.751337
  • Filename
    751337