• DocumentCode
    936531
  • Title

    Five ways to destroy a development project (software development)

  • Author

    Lindstrom, David R.

  • Author_Institution
    Paramax Systems Corp., St. Paul, MN, USA
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    55
  • Lastpage
    58
  • Abstract
    The author discusses five problems that can contribute to a software project´s failure. The five pitfalls are: inadequate system engineering during the proposal and during front-end development; inadequate tracing, tracking, and management of system and software requirements; improper sizing of the target hardware; selection of design, production, and integration and test methodologies that are inappropriate to a large software development; and failure to provide a metrics program that would let managers track the progress of software production and test.<>
  • Keywords
    project management; software engineering; front-end development; metrics program; sizing; software development; software production; software requirements; system engineering; target hardware; test methodologies; tracing; tracking; Design engineering; Engineering management; Production systems; Programming; Proposals; Software development management; Software testing; System testing; Systems engineering and theory; Target tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.232400
  • Filename
    232400