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
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