Decision making for software project management in a multi-project environment: an experimental investigation.

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Hardbeck, Michael J.
Date
1992-09Advisor
Abdel-Hamid, Tarek K.
Second Reader
Sengupta, Kishore
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Software project development can be characterized as failing to meet the user's needs
within budget and schedule limitations. The number of software development failures
far exceeds the number delivered as specified throughout industry and specifically in the
Department of Defense. The System Dynamics Model of Software Project Management is
a sustained and generally accepted quantitative model for simulating the software
development lifecycle. Dynamic management issues can now be evaluated in an
experimental setting which eliminates the financial risks.
The objective of this thesis is to use the System Dynamics Model's gaming interface
to investigate the effects of managerial motivation on software project managers in a multiproject
environment. Specifically, this experiment was conducted to determine the effect
of individual or team motivation on subsystem managers of a larger project. The effect of
the two motivation methods are measured in terms of staffing level decisions, final cost
and final duration.
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