The Factory Approach to Large-Scale Software Development (Classic Reprint): Implications for Strategy, Technology, and Structure: Implications for Strategy, Technology, and Structure (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Cusumano, Michael A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332433987 ISBN 13: 9781332433988

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

This book considers how technological advancements impact organizational structures, using software development as a study. The author examines companies that have taken a 'factory' approach to software development, with much of the discussion comparing American and Japanese software production during the 1980s. The book draws on extensive interviews and data collected from surveys at the time. The research presented suggests that technological maturity alone may not drive producers to adopt more efficient means of production. The author instead argues that management decisions are influential in choosing appropriate organizational structures and strategies, which can lead to efficiency gains in product development.

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor

Excerpt from The Factory Approach to Large-Scale Software Development: Implications for Strategy, Technology, and Structure

Recent developments in design and production technology have made it necessary to revise traditionally accepted tradeoffs between process flexibility and efficiency, as well as divisions between design and production. Rationalizing development processes without simply producing standardized goods or locking an organization into a single mode of production also combine product differentiation with process efficiency a rare but powerful combination of competitive skills (porter 1980.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332433987
• ISBN 13: 9781332433988
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 50
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar