Software Project Management in Distributed Software Development Context

This research paper aims an analytical study on the software development organization insight into trending automation technologies and their implementation Software Engineering Management (SEM) processes. Software Project Management (SPM) is a scientific art for planning, controlling execution and monitoring. SPM approaches are more focusing towards the essential requirement for the success of software project development. It has been very challenging to manage software development using existing project management procedures driven by software development organizations and this is one of the areas of problem statement for this research. This paper discusses an analytical study for the requirements and consideration of BPR in SPM, explores to spot and emphasizes the important success factors for the execution of a BPR using benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in software development organization. BPR is organizational mechanism that improves ability to respond to challenges of qualitative result by change and improvement in software engineering processes, productivity, product quality and competitive advantages. AI will be the best approach and scope of automation SEM processes for software development organizations. This paper also represents a conceptual view of software engineering model shift for improvements in capability of project managers to handle agile thinking and problem solving for betterment of SPM using Artificial Intelligence.

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How to go global: A transformative process model for the transition towards globally distributed software development projects

10.26686/wgtn.13088306 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Drechsler ◽

S Breth

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Software Development ◽

Process Model ◽

Design Science ◽

Science Research ◽

Project Managers ◽

Distributed Software Development ◽

Distributed Software ◽

Research Perspective ◽

Globally Distributed

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd and Association for Project Management and the International Project Management Association We employ design science research to develop a process model for the management of globally distributed software development (GDSD) projects. The model provides guidance for transforming established project frameworks in organizations to cope with additional challenges that a global project scale entails. The model integrates extant GDSD project management knowledge and makes it actionable for project managers, especially those with limited GDSD experience. The model was evaluated and found to be effective in transforming an actual GDSD project with teams in Germany, Poland, and India. Interviews with project managers with and without GDSD experience support the model's wider applicability to other contexts and IT project types. The model can also be used in GDSD project retrospectives to identify areas for improvement. In a research perspective, our model constitutes a novel type and instance of a social meta-artefact intended to transform existing social artefacts to retain their usefulness in evolving contexts.

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Task and team management in the Distributed Software Project Management Tool

25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference. COMPSAC 2001 ◽

10.1109/cmpsac.2001.960645 ◽

2002 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hai Eric Lam ◽

P. Maheshwari

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Management Tool ◽

Software Project ◽

Team Management ◽

Software Project Management ◽

Distributed Software

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eXtreme Programming, Agile Methodologies, Software Project Management, Customer Role, Rigorous Testing

10.4018/978-1-7998-7872-8.ch009 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 163-182

Author(s):

Kamalendu Pal

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Software Development ◽

Extreme Programming ◽

Acceptance Testing ◽

Software Project ◽

Software Project Management ◽

Software Projects ◽

Agile Methodologies ◽

Rigorous Testing ◽

Software Development Methodologies

Agile software development methodologies are attracting attention from academics and practitioners for planning and managing software projects. The eXtreme Programming (XP) challenges conformist wisdom regarding software system development processes and practices as agile methodologies. To work efficiently in the current software development practice, characterized by requirements fuzziness, XP moves away from document-centric operations into people-centric management. In the XP-based software project, the customers play an essential role, having multiple responsibilities such as driving the project, gathering requirements (‘user stories'), and exercising quality control (or acceptance testing). Besides, the customers must liaise with external project stakeholders (e.g., funding authorities, end-users) while maintaining the development team's trust and the wider business. The success of such software project management practices relies on the quality result of each stage of development obtained through rigorous testing. This chapter describes three characteristics of XP project management: customer role, software testing feedback, and learning.

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