Information Technology & People: Volume 11 Issue 1

Packaged software development teams: what makes them different?

Erran Carmel, Steve Sawyer

Discusses the characteristics of packaged software versus information systems (IS) development environments that capture the differences between the teams that develop…

The role of team factors in software cost and quality: An empirical analysis

Mayuram S. Krishnan

This paper examines the impact of team factors in software development, such as the domain and language experience of the team members and the personnel capability of the…

Teams in packaged software development: The Software Corp. experience

Line Dubé

Packaged software companies evolve in an environment characterized by ever‐shorter product life cycles and ever‐increasing competition. Reaching the marketplace first is…

Armed truce: software in an age of teams

G. Pascal Zachary

As software grows more complex, the role of teams looms ever larger, forcing software development organizations to confront the shifting balance between conflict and…