An Integrative Approach to Modeling the Software Management Process: A Basis for Identifying Problems and Evaluating Tools and Techniques (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid

 
9781332266029: An Integrative Approach to Modeling the Software Management Process: A Basis for Identifying Problems and Evaluating Tools and Techniques (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore how a unified model links planning, staffing, and software development to reveal the real drivers of project success.

This overview introduces an integrative system dynamics approach for software management. It shows how combining managerial functions with technical processes helps managers see not just problems, but their broader effects on performance and outcomes.

  • How an integrative model prompts managers to examine both technical issues and human factors like communication and training.
  • Why computer simulation can reliably trace dynamic consequences in complex projects, beyond what intuition can grasp.
  • How feedback loops shape estimates, decisions, and results, including the roles of schedules, resources, and control systems.
  • What a practical example reveals about scheduling, estimation tools, and the potential for improvement interventions.
Ideal for readers of systems thinking and software project management who want a practical framework to understand and improve organizational performance.

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About the Editor:
Stuart E. Madnick is Associate Professor of Management Science at the Sloan School of Management, M.I.T., and the principal investigator of a major research effort, funded by DOD and Citibank, to identify the key strategic, organizational, and technology issues in large-scale information systems.

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