Perspectives on Oversight Management of Software Development Projects.

Abstract

This report examines the problems of oversight management of large, important software development projects, i.e., management at levels above that of direct project execution. Senior managers must recognize events in the evolution of the project that might provide high leverage for maximizing the return on their invested time (in knowledge, status, or outcome projections), and that provide insight into project status and clues about possible problems. The note attempts to identify the unique needs of oversight managers, to indicate how they have been met in industrial environments, to enumerate what working supervisors and project managers must do differently if they are involved with large projects requiring oversight management, and to list what must be done (generally) to build software tools that supply information for oversight management as a by-product of the development process. While the discussion is based on industrial experience, it is also relevant to Air Force oversight management and review.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA133404

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Patrick
  • Willis H. Ware

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Aircraft
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Project Management
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering.