Sikka Maximizing ROI on Software Development

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-48819-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Maximizing ROI on Software Development explains how to execute best quality software development and testing while maximizing business value. It discusses Applied ROI in the context of methodologies such as Agile and Extreme Programming, and traditional methodologies including Six Sigma, the Capability Maturity Model® (CMM®), Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and Product Line Models (PLM). The text discusses what is important in global terms and details how best to choose teams and partners, including outsourcers, and how to employ the latest tools and technologies. It provides models, metrics, and detailed case studies to improve current and future development projects, whether in house or outsourced, near shore or off-shore. The book offers perspectives on how quality improvement through software quality assurance (SQA) testing, planning, and execution is a powerful and effective route toward maximizing return on investment.

Divided into seven chapters, this friendly and informative guide can be read quickly, then used as a reliable reference by team leaders and members. It begins by reviewing software development, tools, and methodologies, followed by an examination of how development, maintenance, and integration have become more complex and will continue to do so. The book discusses best practices for managing this complexity and explores the business case for maximizing ROI.

The text then provides a comprehensive analysis of ROI from several perspectives, covering nomenclature, project success and failure, mathematics, processes, work products, and techniques. It details how to make global teams successful and how to evaluate Applied ROI implementation, and it includes case studies for wireless, enterprise, and CRM systems.

Zielgruppe

Software development managers; IT executives and managers; software developers; software quality assurance professionals, CIOs

A BRIEF REVIEW OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
Classic Software Development Methodologies
Evolving Software Development Methodologies
Evolutionary Predictions

SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY CRISIS
Contemporary Software Development Is Multifaceted and Complex
Market Trends Favor Diversity
Changing Role of Information Technology
Business Case for Maximizing Software ROI

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ROI
Days of "Good Enough" Software Development Are Over
Baseline ROI
Applied ROI

THE CASE FOR GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING
Scenarios of Global Software Development
Benefits of Global Software Development and Testing
Technology Is the Global Enabler
Success Criteria for Global Software Development and Testing
What to Watch Out for
Outsourcing and Offshoring

SOFTWARE QUALITY AND TEST R

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sikka, Vijay

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A brief review of software development history. Software complexity crisis. Software development ROI. The case for global software development and testing. Software quality and test ROI. How do you implement global software development and testing. Case studies.