Guest Editor's Introduction: Renewing the Software Project Management Life Cycle

Favaro, John

doi:10.1109/ms.2010.9

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“…Every software development project passes through similar stages called as beginning, middle and end of a project [6]. Various factors such as team performance [9], [10] completion of the working code, problems and satisfaction of the project client affect variably on the execution of these stages.…”

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“…The similar project lifecycle phases having different names have already been presented but their fundamental basis are same as described in [6]. However, division of project lifecycle phases and their definitions vary from project to project.…”

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“…Realizing the importance of the role of project manager in risk management, the behavior of management personnel in business and IT have been well explained [3] and is further discussed in [4] and [5]. [6] has emphasized on the project managers to learn from the success and failure stories. Less attention has been paid to these aspects of the software development projects.…”

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“…A number of research work such as [6], [7], [8] has been presented on the project lifecycles but this work has not developed the relationship between project lifecycle phases and behavior and progress of the software development projects. Such limitation of the existing work makes it difficult to determine the status and progress of a software project at a particular point in time.…”

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“…A project state is referred to as the condition or status of the software project at a particular point in time. Project states are derived from the project lifecycle phases [6], [7], [8].…”

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Software development project states and project behavior

Akbar

Safdar

Qureshi

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2013 International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies

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The behavior of software development projects is a characteristic phenomenon that is difficult to study and analyze. The behavior of a software project is a true indicator of its progress and condition. Unfortunately, very less attention has been given to this important aspect of the software projects and rarely any research study has been presented in this regard. The present study addresses this limitation of existing research work and analyzes the behavior of software development projects based on the project states. Project states and their sub-states for the first time in the present study have been derived from the project lifecycle phases. The behavior of the project states have been analyzed based on the risks faced by the projects and project client factors. A case study of real projects has been conducted to validate the project states and their behavior. The project states reflect the true behavior of the software development projects and determine the status and progress of the project. Initial findings of the study have been presented in this paper which will be followed by publishing more detailed findings on the project states in upcoming paper.

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Section: Software Project Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Software Project Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Software development project states and project behavior

Akbar

Safdar

Qureshi

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2013 International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies

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A meta‐model of software development project states behavioral study of software projects

Akbar

Hassan

Abdullah

2016

J Software Evolu Process

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Software development project during its lifecycle passes through various states. These states describe the condition, status, and behavior of software projects. In the present study, these states are defined based on the various activities performed during project lifecycle like initial environment setup, requirement analysis, coding, testing, problem resolution, and completion.The taxonomy of these states and substates is defined, and a project states meta-model is designed. The meta-model is composed of states and substates of the software projects.Detailed case studies of real projects have been conducted to validate the states of the metamodel. Evidences are collected; and events and observations are recorded about existence of the states, execution flow, duration, and behavior. The evidences, events, and observations are presented in the sequence to translate them into results. Results show that project states exist in all projects such that each software project passes through these states serially and in particular cases, a few states may exist in parallel. Project states show the status and progress of the software projects. It is found that issues in software projects can effectively be resolved by performing micro project management activities of the projects states. Project states meta-model provides basic structure for deriving new models.

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Prioritising project management competences across the software project life cycle

Cha

Maytorena-Sanchez

2019

IJMPB

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relative importance of project management (PM) competences across the different stages of a software project life cycle to identify competence development gaps and opportunities. Design/methodology/approach A deductive and quantitative approach was adopted to address the research questions with a web-based survey for data collection. Findings After reviewing the context of competences and PM competences, the importance of the PM competences overall and for specific stages in the project life cycle was analysed. The result highlights that functional and meta-competences are perceived to be the most important competence dimensions for software project practitioners. Originality/value This study makes three contributions. First, it consolidates PM competences into a set of 20 within four competence dimensions. Second, it prioritises these competences across the software project life cycle. Third, it identifies the significance of the inter-relationship between PM competences and project life cycle to reveal PM competence development gaps and opportunities.

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Guest Editor's Introduction: Renewing the Software Project Management Life Cycle

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Software development project states and project behavior

Software development project states and project behavior

A meta‐model of software development project states behavioral study of software projects

Prioritising project management competences across the software project life cycle

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