Describes aspects of the development of a PC‐based system for a local authority asset register and valuation system. The project was managed and implemented by property, not computer, people and focuses on the do‐it‐yourself approach to system development which has been made possible by...

This paper is concerned with the development of commercial real estate in broadly capitalist economies. Rational project planning for such development is not well advanced. Property advisers agree that the development process is infinitely flexible; circumstances alter cases. There is much...

Process Improvement and CMMI® for Systems and Software provides a workable approach for achieving cost-effective process improvements for systems and software. Focusing on planning, implementation, and management in system and software processes, it supplies a brief overview of basic strategic...

Die Mitglieder der Atlantic Systems Guild, Verfasser von Bestsellern wie ?Der Termin?, ?Happy to Work Here?, ?Wien wartet auf Dich!? und vielen mehr, haben Tausende von Projekten unter die Lupe genommen und beschreiben hier typische Verhaltensweisen IBM schädliche wie nützliche. Sie zeigen,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of alignment at the team level. Because teams are important in software development projects, the paper focuses on studying the influence of alignment between the social and technical capabilities on software development team...

Purpose – This study seeks to determine factors that encourage post‐meeting work activity in a software development group by assessing attendee diversity (functional, staffing and tenure), meeting size, and meeting history. Design/methodology/approach – One year's worth of meeting data...