Improving Software Productivity, Practices In U.S. And Japan
Kaveh Nasri, Reza Nassib, Ramamurthy Sivakumar · PDXScholar (Portland State University) · 1991
This study discusses various aspects of the software development process and examines various issues that contribute to the "software crises." A detailed case study is presented of the early U.S. effort at SDS along with "software factories" set up by major Japanese companies Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, and Fujitsu. Finally, results of a survey of software professionals is presented with conclusions aimed at helping companies improve the productivity of their engineers, the quality of their engineers and the quality of their products.