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The article identifies best practices for intragroup and technical processes and senior management roles in creating, supporting, and maintaining optimal software development teams. Discussion includes capturing learning from project teams.

Studies of software projects indicate that significant differences exist between software projects and tangible hardware with regard to the levels of importance of various sources and the knowledge obtained from them. An example is the uncertainty inherent in communicating expectations for software.

When a group is working together toward a common goal, communication and collaboration are key. This is especially true in software development where a project of any significance involves groups of people. Collaborative problem-solving techniques and groupware technology can be a boon to software development because they enhance communication and cooperation. This article examines how software development is affected by collaborative problem solving and decision making, groupware theory and tools, and group cognition and psychology. It also analyzes collaboration tools and their correlation to problem solving and group characteristics.

ABSTRACT Managing the software development process has been an important issue in the IT field. Since the mid-1980s, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has been exploring effective ways of managing [...]

To the deep frustration of business users and developers alike, most strategic IT projects, despite the best of intentions, fail badly to meet user requirements. As developers tell it, business […]

More than a decade ago, when they worked as computer programmers, Chip Wolfe and Dan Thibodeau grew increasingly dismayed over how they and their colleagues were being treated. Working 60-hour [...]

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by Todd Spangler Imagine Debuts System to Optimize Broadcast Signals Cable operators maxed out on bandwidth may be able to put a powerful new running back into the high-definition TV [...]

Mark Porter has defended The Guardian's decision to put functionality over aesthetic considerations when the paper relaunched its homepage last week. Did it deserve a more sympathetic response to its [...]

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For Google to say that the abolition of agency commissions is entirely separate from best practice funding is surprising. But to ignore the effect it will have on the industry […]

Intermediaries should not ignore the profitable income stream of the online commercial sector and Xbridge's online decision tools can help them tap into this market, says Frank Eve FRANK EVE, [...]

Hewlett-Packard took another step in its attempt to build a comprehensive IT automation platform Wednesday when it revealed plans to acquire Novadigm Inc. and Consera Software. The acquisitions, which are […]

It's not unusual for organizations to run into problems when they implement business solutions. Some organizations cannot launch the software at all. Others struggle with cost overruns or lose revenue [...]

Trial-and-error testing is neither the fastest nor the best way to determine the sampling rate for a given application, although it's probably the most common. Systematic engineering analysis, plus a […]

It seemed a simple project, really. The 32KB ROM constraint set a reasonable limit on firmware size and complexity. Bob, the solo developer, had built several of these controllers for […]

Both the C and C++ Standards are reasonably precise in specifying the syntax and semantics of programs. However, neither standard pins down the exact meaning for every single construct. The […]

In the world of wireless, programmers need to possess a range of technical abilities and personality traits. Know Your Programs. Java, Java 2 Micro Edition, XML, Embedded Visual Basic, C++ […]

Trinity Millennium Group Inc. (TMGI), a San Antonio software developer, is benefiting mightily from recent attention from one of the country's leading group of information technology analysts, says founder and [...]

AS EVERY IT professional knows, it's getting harder and harder to find qualified developers. That's why so many companies are turning to virtual development teams -- geographically dispersed groups of […]

Nihon ESI, ESI Group's Japanese subsidiary, and NEC Corporation have announced a strategic cooperation agreement dedicated to the development of the first virtual engine factory system. The agreement between the [...]

Copeland Corp. has sent more than 900 wholesaler branch personnel through its new computer-based training and certification program. The Passport program was created to help the manufacturer's PrimeSource wholesalers to [...]

Jack Lewis, a maintenance manager, was ending his day when the phone rang. It was the plant controller overseeing a project in Accounting. 'I've got 16 idle people, because their [...]