A survey of software development practices in the New Zealand software industry

Lindsay Groves; Ray Nickson; Greg Reeve; Steve Reeves; Mark Utting

doi:10.1109/ASWEC.2000.844576

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A survey of software development practices in the New Zealand software industry

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A survey of software development practices in the New Zealand software industry

Lindsay Groves, Ray Nickson, Greg Reeve, Steve Reeves and Mark Utting

Proceedings 2000 Australian Software Engineering Conference, 28-29 April 2000, pp.189-201

Australian Software Engineering Conference, 2000 (Canberra, Australia, 28-Apr-2000–29-Apr-2000)

IEEE Computer Society

2000

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ASWEC.2000.844576

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Abstract

Computer Software

Computation Theory and Mathematics

software development management

system analysis

We report on the software development techniques used in the New Zealand software industry, paying particular attention to requirements gathering. We surveyed a selection of software companies with a general questionnaire and then conducted in-depth interviews with four companies. Our results show a wide variety in the kinds of companies undertaking software development, employing a wide range of software development techniques. Although our data are not sufficiently detailed to draw statistically significant conclusions, it appears that larger software development groups typically have more well-defined software development processes, spend proportionally more time on requirements gathering, and follow more rigorous testing regimes.

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Title: A survey of software development practices in the New Zealand software industry
Authors: Lindsay Groves (Author) - Victoria University, New Zealand
Ray Nickson (Author) - Victoria University, New Zealand
Greg Reeve (Author) - Victoria University, New Zealand
Steve Reeves (Author) - Victoria University, New Zealand
Mark Utting (Author) - Victoria University, New Zealand
Contributors: Douglas D Grant (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings 2000 Australian Software Engineering Conference, 28-29 April 2000, pp.189-201
Conference details: Australian Software Engineering Conference, 2000 (Canberra, Australia, 28-Apr-2000–29-Apr-2000)
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
Date published: 2000
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2000.844576
ISBN: 0769506313
Copyright note: Copyright © 2000 IEEE. Reproduced here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449339502621
Output Type: Conference paper

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