User Participation in Software Development Projects.

The article examines how user participation in software development projects is perceived by both users and developers. Survey data on 117 software projects over a several-year period at a Fortune 100 firm were analyzed. Several findings emerged. For projects involving the development of new product...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 137 - 142
Main Authors: SUBRAMANYAM, RAMANATH, WEISSTEIN, FEILEE, KRISHNAN, M. S.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2010
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          Assistant professor, College of Business, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
          Assistant professor, College of Business Administration, University of Texas - Pan American.
          Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow, Area Chair and professor of business information technology, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
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        Computer software development
        Computer user attitudes
        Software engineering
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        Customer satisfaction
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