This paper covers factors that make production software releases successful – design complete, requirements complete, testing complete, customer expectations set, etc., and how a production software release process may not be fitting for an interim software release due to the state of the program during an interim release – one or all of the production release success factors possibly being inc...

The development process of large software systems is usually splitted into several subprocesses which are to be handled by different project teams. An efficient coordination of the development activities is an important prerequisite for a successful software engineering project. For that reason group communication and workflow aspects must be supported by appropriate teamwork methods

The development of large software systems demands intensive cooperation among multiple project team members with different responsibilities. The development process is often distributed across time and space and takes place within and between specialized workgroups. This necessitates finding appropriate answers to questions related to division of labor, to communication, and to coordination and...