DocumentCode :
882030
Title :
Factory Concepts and Practices in Software Development
Author :
Cusumano, Michael A.
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
fYear :
1991
Firstpage :
3
Lastpage :
32
Abstract :
This paper reviews the introduction of factory concepts and practices, based on tools and methods from the evolving field of software engineering, at major software producers, in particular those that explicitly adopted the factory label to describe their software facilities or approach to software development: Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, and Fujitsu in Japan, as well as System Development Corporation in the United States. The other United States firm discussed in detail is International Business Machines, which, without adopting the factory label, introduced numerous measures to organize and control software development, especially basic software. The paper emphasizes that the difficulty of the technology, shortages of skilled engineers, and large-scale projects have encouraged producers to become more systematic or factory-like in managing a series of projects, even though some characteristics of the technology and the industry have made software seem difficult to control and more suitable to a loosely structured project-centered or craft approach to development.
Keywords :
Large-scale systems; National electric code; Paper technology; Production facilities; Programming; Project management; Software development management; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software tools;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0164-1239
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.1991.10004
Filename :
4638279
Link To Document :
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