IS Development and Project Management
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1694
Description
Despite numerous studies on how to effectively manage the development of new software products, it still remains unclear what is the better organizational structure which can help to deliver valuable products to market faster. In this study, we examine two approaches to form development teams (i.e., feature teams that are more customer centric and component teams that are more focused on the systems architecture) and test which type suits better for building new software products with various structures and complexity. The analysis is done via computer simulation which is based on the NK fitness landscapes model. The results show the importance of building teams around customer needs during the initial stages of new software development and the increasing value of cross-team communications as the requirements environment becomes more complex.
Recommended Citation
Zorin, Vasilii and Hahn, Jungpil, "Feature vs. Component Teams for New Software Development: The Mirroring Hypothesis" (2020). ICIS 2020 Proceedings. 5.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2020/is_development/is_development/5
Feature vs. Component Teams for New Software Development: The Mirroring Hypothesis
Despite numerous studies on how to effectively manage the development of new software products, it still remains unclear what is the better organizational structure which can help to deliver valuable products to market faster. In this study, we examine two approaches to form development teams (i.e., feature teams that are more customer centric and component teams that are more focused on the systems architecture) and test which type suits better for building new software products with various structures and complexity. The analysis is done via computer simulation which is based on the NK fitness landscapes model. The results show the importance of building teams around customer needs during the initial stages of new software development and the increasing value of cross-team communications as the requirements environment becomes more complex.
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