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The article discusses the author's experiences as he audited the development of internal software used by a large corporation. The author used information about the project's plans, its current progress, and potential roadblocks on the development path to analyze whether it was a feasible design. Th...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 15 - 19
Main Author: Armour, Phillip G.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2007
Subjects:
Computer software development
Labor productivity
Computer programming
Computer software quality control
Industrial productivity
Computer software industry
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the author's experiences as he audited the development of internal software used by a large corporation. The author used information about the project's plans, its current progress, and potential roadblocks on the development path to analyze whether it was a feasible design. The most important factors to consider when assessing the risk of software projects are examined, including the effects of the project on employee and organizational productivity and the probability that the software will be successful.