Where is Software Development failing?
With the economic downturn continuing to take a heavy toll on everybody and everything, software development companies seem to have weathered the storm better than most. However, the question that comes up is; have these measures compromised the quality of software and in some cases, have they contributed to software development failures all together? Human errors that are avoidable seem to have been one of the consequences of these measures.
Most development teams do not know what to build, they fail to meet the people’s needs, the time and the resources to do research has taken longer than planned and this has resulted in unclear requirements and the eventual failure of the software. Another measure that companies have been taking is setting up unrealistic schedules as well as overly optimistic ones. When a schedule seems unrealistic there is the tendency to skip things or rush through the development cycle. A good web design company can be used for the design work and then the real hard coding technical guys can spend more time programming. When projects are thus compressed, there is a high chance that some thing will be overlooked or will not be given the needed attention.
Less executive sponsorship and support has also meant that internal politics and budget cuts can undermine the overall project. This will of course result in sub-standard or poor product delivery. Some software product development teams have also been forced to lay off senior higher paid developers. When senior developers and those with experience leave a project before it’s finished, this will hurt both the project as well as the client. While this move to cut down on costs seems warranted, it has to be remembered that the future software product development teams of thesecompanies will often be likely to go under. Senior and more experienced developers take with them a lot of experience that just is not available any other place leaving behind lower-paid workers with less experience.
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