Engineers don´t build [software development]

Author

Maginnis, Terri

Author_Institution

Project Manage. Office, California Public Employees´´ Retirement Syst., Sacramento, CA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2000

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

39

Abstract

Most of us never approach a construction project with a software development methodology. However, construction projects exhibit much higher success rates than software development projects. The author identifies the “master-builder” approach taken by most software development projects where the developers assume the role of architect, engineer, builder, and inspector. Most large-scale construction projects abandoned the approach nearly 100 years ago. Why do we do it for large-scale software projects? Engineers design systems or buildings, and programmers or builders implement them. That approach yields greater success rates in terms of quality, time, and budget

Keywords

human resource management; personnel; project management; software development management; software quality; construction projects; large-scale software projects; master-builder approach; programmers; software development methodology; software development projects; success rates; Best practices; Buildings; Construction industry; Contracts; Educational institutions; Inspection; Large-scale systems; Lifting equipment; Programming; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.819966

Filename

819966