Hitachi--pioneering the "factory" model for large-scale software development
Michael A. Cusumano · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 2014
Appendix II: Toshiba and NEC A.Centralization of development for a distinct software product family in a single location or directly linked sites operating as an integrated unit, rather than decentralizing development in independent sites.Applications:Systems: 4These answers were above the sample average, though systems companies and facilities averaged nearly 4. It was Hitachi company policy to centralize both systems software development (in the Software Works) and large-scale applications (at Omori). B.A uniform set of specification, design, coding, testing, and documentation procedures used among project groups within a centralized facility or across different sites working on the same product family to facilitate standardization of practices and/or division 5 E F H 1.15 1.14 1.34 1.04