Panel on management of emerging software technologies
Vijay K. Vaishnavi, D. Abbott, T.A. Cooper, K. Walling · 2003
Critically examines a number of issues related to the management of emerging software technologies. Some working guidelines are provided. It is recommended that any management process used be measured and consistently analyzed to improve one's competitive edge. In the area of metrics for managing object technology, there is an almost total lack of information. The current focus of the Consortium for the Management of Emerging Software Technologies (COMSOFT) is an object-oriented technology and the related area of software reuse. The new environment must be implemented piecemeal and frequently structures and procedures must be implemented that are only operational bridges, because during the transition two operational methodologies and philosophies will exist.>