Globally Dispersed Software Development (GDSD) takes place when two (or more) development teams are separated by a national boundary while collaborating on common projects. Today, such instances occur with greater frequency as software development globalizes within the MIS unit of the Multinational Enterprise and within the packaged software firm. Deriving from the fields of globalized R&D mana...

Complex systems development requires different ways of working than largely used static process oriented work. In practice, workers invent new ways of working to deal with appearing challenges. Thus, a company’s processes and tools should support these new process paths. Instead of defining a specific flow to conduct the work, several options for work processes should be allowed. This paper int...

This chapter discusses knowledge management (KM) aspects of how software process and software process improvement (SPI) is practiced within very small entities (VSEs) in the context of Irish software development industry. In particular, this study is concerned with the process of software development knowledge management in supporting the SPI. In order to understand the support process, the aut...

In this article we argue the need for proper concept management during the development of software systems. It is observed how, during system development, a lot of “concept handling” occurs without proper management. We define concept management as the deliberate activity of introducing, evolving and retiring concepts. It is argued that concept management plays an important role during the enti...

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) has a history of research related to software development processes and productivity over the last 40 years. Recently software has penetrated into almost every industry, thus every company is a software company now. Parallel to the history of ALM process models, at first it was considered synonymous to waterfall. However with the questioning of the success...

The new product development (NPD) is the process by which a new product idea is conceived, investigated, taken through the design process, manufactured, marketed and serviced. In Automotive Engineering these related to the product realization process (PRP) which consists of five phases: "Plan and Define Program", "Product Design and Development", "Process Design and...

The core of the new product development [NPD] process centers on knowledge creation, utilization and the management of knowledge. This manuscript uses a software firm case to establish a framework to aid managers in deciding on an effective work design configuration for managing a NPD project. A framework is presented which identified five dimensions that affect performance in an NPD work envir...

Limiting the focus of risk analysis to quantifiable factors and using a narrow understanding of the scope of a software project are major contributors to significant software failures. A Software Development Impact Statement (SoDIS) process is presented which extends the concept of software risk in three ways; --it moves beyond the limited approach of schedule, budget, and function, --it adds q...

Software Configuration Management (SCM) is the discipline of controlling the evolution of a software product. Product Data Management (PDM) is the disciple of designing and controlling the evolution of a product design. For a long time, these two domains have been disconnected, but they probably share common concepts and techniques. Furthermore, any large product development includes a substant...