Organizational Structure Considerations for Software Development Projects.

Abstract

Organizational structure has long been recognized as having an important impact on an organization's ability to accomplish its objectives. This paper provides managers of software development projects with an analysis of the importance of several elements of organizational structure, and of how they can use this knowledge to make decisions which will have a positive impact on the success of their projects. The structural elements discussed are specialization of activities, size of the work group, and standardization of activities. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA127061

Entities

People

  • Kevin M. Quinn

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Language
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Productivity
  • Schools
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Standardization
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.