The Empirical Study for a Relationship Model in Software Development

Abstract:

In software industry, software crisis brings great trouble to software development. The coordination strategy is very important to the performance of software companies.This paper has built a relationship model between coordination and project performance on the empirical analysis of current software projects in China. The research result shows that software development is typical of R&D project and project manager plays an important role in vertical coordination in the present software industry in China.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 220-223)
• Pages: 2602-2605
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.220-223.2602
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Xiao Ming Li
• Keywords: Coordination Mechansim, Project Performance, Software Development

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