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The Relationship between Software Development Team Size and Software Development Cost.

Authors :
PENDHARKAR, PARAG C.
RODGER, JAMES A.
Source :
Communications of the ACM. Jan2009, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p141-144. 4p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

The article discusses the challenges faced by project managers when attempting to select the appropriate size of a software development team, examining the relationship between costs and the quality of the output of software development teams. Large teams lead to a better distribution of skills but also have higher communication, coordination, and salary costs, the article states, while smaller teams have smaller salary costs but also develop programming biases leading to costly software maintenance issues.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00010782
Volume :
52
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Communications of the ACM
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
36002067
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1145/1435417.1435449