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Assessment of a framework to compare software development methodologies

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SAICSIT '07: Proceedings of the 2007 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries

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A decision-supporting framework was applied in a pilot study to assist in the decision making about what software development methodology to use at a software engineering company. This paper critically assesses this decision making process and framework that was used at that company to decide on an appropriate software methodology for the analysis and design of business processes and software systems.

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Assessment of a framework to compare software development methodologies
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
      2. Software management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Requirements analysis
    2. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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SAICSIT '07: Proceedings of the 2007 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries

October 2007

211 pages

ISBN:9781595937759

DOI:10.1145/1292491

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Lynette Barnard
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

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