CALLAHAN, John
Reducing software product development time - 2001
This research explores project management approaches for reducing software product development times. Data were gathered on 44 software product development projects and used to test a set of seven hypotheses. Generally, we found that the newness of the product type to the firm affects which approaches are effective. Results for low experience and high experience projects were different. For low experience projects, supplier involvement and sales and marketing involvement early in the development cycle were found to lead to shorter development time. Also supported was the use of frequent load builds and system tests of the whole product. There was little evidence for the influence of these approaches for high experience projects
Reducing software product development time - 2001
This research explores project management approaches for reducing software product development times. Data were gathered on 44 software product development projects and used to test a set of seven hypotheses. Generally, we found that the newness of the product type to the firm affects which approaches are effective. Results for low experience and high experience projects were different. For low experience projects, supplier involvement and sales and marketing involvement early in the development cycle were found to lead to shorter development time. Also supported was the use of frequent load builds and system tests of the whole product. There was little evidence for the influence of these approaches for high experience projects
