Embraceable processes: adapting methods to fit the team

Managers must use processes that balance efficient development methods with individual needs and talents. There are certain practices that are necessary, but they will be ignored by well-motivated software engineers and used to waste time by ill-motivated ones if they be merely imposed by fiat. The...

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Published in:IT professional 2003-05, Vol.5 (3), p.42-47
Main Author: Nelson, W.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustical engineering
Computer programs
Control systems
Design
Design engineering
Documentation
Engineering management
Engineers
Guidelines
Information technology
Interviews
Layout
Managers
Methods
Programming
Project management
Software
Teams
Technology management
User needs
Verbal communication
Wastes
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Summary:Managers must use processes that balance efficient development methods with individual needs and talents. There are certain practices that are necessary, but they will be ignored by well-motivated software engineers and used to waste time by ill-motivated ones if they be merely imposed by fiat. The article discusses how engineers can be brought to embrace them by being persuaded of their usefulness.
ISSN:1520-9202
1941-045X
DOI:10.1109/MITP.2003.1202234