Theory-W software project management: a case study
Boehm, B.
Ross, R.
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA;
This paper appears in: Software Engineering, 1988., Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on
Publication Date: 11-15 Apr 1988
On page(s): 30-40
Meeting Date: 04/11/1988 - 04/15/1988
Location: , Singapore
ISBN: 0-89791-258-6
References Cited: 13
INSPEC Accession Number: 3186235
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ICSE.1988.93685
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
Abstract
The authors present a candidate unifying principle to guide
software project management. Reflecting various alphabetical management
theories (X, Y, Z), it is called the Theory W approach to software
project management. They explain the Theory W principle and its two
subsidiary principles: plan the flight and fly the plan; and, identify
and manage your risks. To test the practicability of Theory W, a case
study is presented and analyzed: the attempt to introduce new
information systems to a large industrial corporation in an emerging
nation. The analysis shows that Theory W and its subsidiary principles
do an effective job both in explaining why the project encountered
problems, and in prescribing ways in which the problems could have been
avoided
Index
Terms
Available to subscribers and IEEE members.
References
Available to subscribers and IEEE members.
Citing Documents
Available to subscribers and IEEE members.
Cart
