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Conventional Software Management: Best Thing About Software Is Its Flexibility

Three analyses in the mid-1990s concluded that the software engineering industry was immature and unpredictable: - Only about 10% of software projects were delivered successfully within budget and schedule. - Management discipline was a stronger determinant of success than technology advances. - The high levels of rework and scrapped code indicated an immature development process. The document introduces the analyses of the software engineering industry in the 1990s and establishes that conventional practices led to low success rates for projects. It suggests that improved processes could significantly enhance outcomes.

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Conventional Software Management: Best Thing About Software Is Its Flexibility

Three analyses in the mid-1990s concluded that the software engineering industry was immature and unpredictable: - Only about 10% of software projects were delivered successfully within budget and schedule. - Management discipline was a stronger determinant of success than technology advances. - The high levels of rework and scrapped code indicated an immature development process. The document introduces the analyses of the software engineering industry in the 1990s and establishes that conventional practices led to low success rates for projects. It suggests that improved processes could significantly enhance outcomes.

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Conventional Software Management

• Best thing about software is its flexibility


• It can be programmed to do almost anything

• Worst thing about software is also its flexibility


• “Almost anything” characteristic has made it difficult to
plan, monitor, and control software development
•This unpredictability is the basis for software crisis

Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy


Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
Analyses on the state of the software
engineering industry
• In the mid-1990s, three important analyses were
performed on the state of the software engineering industry

• All three analyses reached the same general conclusion:


• The success rate for software projects is very
low

• Although, the analyses had some differing perspectives


• But their primary messages were complementary and
consistent

Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy


Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
Analyses on the state of the software
engineering industry
• Three important analyses, in the mid-1990s, on the state of
the software engineering industry are summarized as follows:
• Software development is still highly
unpredictable
• Only about 10% of software projects are delivered successfully
within initial budget and schedule estimates
• Management discipline is more of a
discriminator in success or failure than are
technology advances
• Level of software scrap and rework is indicative
of an immature process
Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy
Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
Analyses on the state of the software
engineering industry
• Three analyses provide a good introduction to

• Magnitude of the software problem

• Current norms for conventional


software management performance

• There is much room for improvement!


Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy
Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
WATERFALL MODEL
• Most software engineering texts presents the
Waterfall Model as

– Source of the Conventional Software


Process

– Benchmark of the Software Process


Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy
Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
WATERFALL MODEL - Theory
• In 1970, Winston Royce presented a
paper titled “Managing the Development
of Large Scale Software Systems” at IEEE
WESCON
– Based on the lessons learned on managing large
software projects
– Provides an insightful and concise summary of
conventional software management philosophy
circa 1970
Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy
Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
Paper – “Managing the Development of Large Scale Software
Systems” by Winston Royce

• Presented the following three important points:


1. There are two essential steps common to the
development of computer programs :

1. Analysis

and

2. Coding
Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy
Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
Paper – “Managing the Development of Large Scale Software
Systems” by Winston Royce
• Presented the following three important points (contd):
2. In order to manage and control all of the intellectual freedom
associated with software development,
» one must introduce several other “overhead” steps,
including
• System requirements definition
• Software requirements definition
• Program design and
• Testing
» These steps supplement the analysis and coding steps
• Fig illustrates the resulting project profile
and the basic steps in developing a
large-scale program
Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy
Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti
Paper – “Managing the Development of Large Scale Software
Systems” by Winston Royce
• Presented the following three important points (contd):
3. Basic framework described in the Waterfall Model is
risky and invites failure
•TesTesting

Dr N Raja Kumar Reddy


Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology
Srikalahasti

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