Arthur M. Langer

eBook, PDF

Guide to Software Development (eBook, PDF)

Designing and Managing the Life Cycle

Beschreibung

This book addresses how best to make build vs. buy decisions, and what effect such decisions have on the software development life cycle (SDLC). Offering an integrated approach that includes important management and decision practices, the text explains how to create successful solutions that fit user and customer needs, by mixing different SDLC methodologies. Features: provides concrete examples and effective case studies; focuses on the skills and insights that distinguish successful software implementations; covers management issues as well as technical considerations, including how to deal with political and cultural realities in organizations; identifies many new alternatives for how to manage and model a system using sophisticated analysis tools and advanced management practices; emphasizes how and when professionals can best apply these tools and practices, and what benefits can be derived from their application; discusses searching for vendor solutions, and vendor contract considerations.

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• Größe: 11.24MB

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Autor

Dr. Arthur M. Langer is the Director of the Center for Technology Management at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Dr. Langer is also the Vice Chair of Faculty and the Executive Director of the Division of Innovation and Design at the School of Professional Studies. He serves on the faculty of the Graduate School of Education in the Department of Organizational Leadership. Dr. Langer is also Chairman and Founder of Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS), a non-profit NGO dedicated to assisting socially excluded youth and veterans in education and professional careers. His other publications include the Springer title  Analysis and Design of Information Systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447123002
• Artikelnr.: 37341091

Rezensionen

"This well-written book will serve as an apt resource for the software development community, especially those working in legacy modernization and digital transformation projects. Many relevant software development topics are discussed in detail and practical tools in the form of templates and checklists are provided." (Computing Reviews, June, 2017)