Title :
Evaluation of software engineering management best practices in the Western Cape
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract :
Software Engineering management best practices are often neglected as a field of study. This paper describes a current pilot field study to empirically determine the extent of use of best practices in software project development and management. As far as could be determined, little or no formal studies have been carried out in South Africa. This survey is conducted through the University of the Witwatersrand. Related research has been done in Europe and in Australia. The major hypothesis is that there exist large differences in best practices between different types of organisations.
Keywords :
ISO standards; configuration management; program testing; project management; risk management; software houses; software management; statistical analysis; Australia; Cater-Steel; Europe; ISO 15504; South Africa; University of the Witwatersrand; Western Cape; agile practices; code-test; configuration management; data confidentiality; data validity; demographics; empirical methods; estimate-schedules; quantitative analysis; question answering; requirement-design; risk management; software engineering; software organisations; software project development; software project management; statistical analysis; summary analysis; system development life cycle; Best practices; Educational institutions; Programming; Project management; Risk management; Software; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Colloquium (SE), 2012 4th
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1648-4
DOI :
10.1109/SE.2012.6242352
