THE USE, LIMITATIONS AND CUSTOMIZATION OF STRUCTURED SYSTEMS-DEVELOPMENT METHODS IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM

Authors
HARDY CJ THOMPSON JB EDWARDS HM
Citation
Cj. Hardy et al., THE USE, LIMITATIONS AND CUSTOMIZATION OF STRUCTURED SYSTEMS-DEVELOPMENT METHODS IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM, Information and software technology, 37(9), 1995, pp. 467-477
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Information Science & Library Science","Computer Science Information Systems","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Information and software technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09505849
Volume
37
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
467 - 477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-5849(1995)37:9<467:TULACO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Established structured systems development methods are getting larger, but often only implicitly support customization for particular projec ts, This paper examines the consequences of this situation, and makes reference to a survey carried out in the first half of 1994 into the u se of methods and their customization, The results of this survey sugg est that structured methods are not as widely used as they might be, M ost departments customize their methods, but gain knowledge of this pr ocess through experience, Structured method users do not have more con fidence in their method than in-house method users, It is argued that this may be the result of poor support for the customization process.