Title :
Integrating Software by Integrating People
Author_Institution :
Landmark Graphics, Houston, TX
Abstract :
The mission of Landmark graphics was clear - develop integrated technical software solutions for the oil and gas market. In short order it became obvious that in order to develop integrated solutions it would be necessary to integrate the software development teams. Several synergistic initiatives were undertaken to encourage cross team integration in order to support improved software integration. The results from the successful integration catapulted Landmark into a dominant market leading position that provided substantial revenue growth.
Keywords :
computer graphics; software engineering; team working; Landmark graphics; integrated technical software solutions; integrating people; integrating software; software development teams; substantial revenue growth; Application software; Collaborative work; Companies; Geography; Graphics; Petroleum; Productivity; Programming; Project management; Scheduling; collaboration; peopleware; strategy; teams;
Conference_Titel :
Agile, 2008. AGILE '08. Conference
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3321-6
DOI :
10.1109/Agile.2008.66