A field study of the software design process for large systems

@article{citeulike:187180, abstract = {The problems of designing large software systems were studied through interviewing personnel from 17 large projects. A layered behavioral model is used to analyze how three of these problems—the thin spread of application domain knowledge, fluctuating and conflicting requirements, and communication bottlenecks and breakdowns—affected software productivity and quality through their impact on cognitive, social, and organizational processes.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Curtis, Bill and Krasner, Herb and Iscoe, Neil}, citeulike-article-id = {187180}, doi = {10.1145/50087.50089}, issn = {0001-0782}, journal = {Commun. ACM}, keywords = {collaboration, communication, governance, is342, management, project\_management}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1268--1287}, posted-at = {2007-07-11 21:53:35}, priority = {0}, publisher = {ACM Press}, title = {A field study of the software design process for large systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/50087.50089}, volume = {31}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:187180 L3 - citeulike-article-id:187180 N2 - The problems of designing large software systems were studied through interviewing personnel from 17 large projects. A layered behavioral model is used to analyze how three of these problems—the thin spread of application domain knowledge, fluctuating and conflicting requirements, and communication bottlenecks and breakdowns—affected software productivity and quality through their impact on cognitive, social, and organizational processes. IS - 11 JF - Commun. ACM SN - 0001-0782 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 1287 TI - A field study of the software design process for large systems PB - ACM Press VL - 31 SP - 1268 KW - collaboration KW - communication KW - governance KW - is342 KW - management KW - project_management AU - Curtis, Bill AU - Krasner, Herb AU - Iscoe, Neil PY - 1988/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/50087.50089 ER -