Overview
The importance of benchmarking in the service sector is well recognized as it helps in continuous improvement in products and work processes. Through benchmarking, companies have strived to implement best practices in order to remain competitive in the product- market in which they operate. However studies on benchmarking, particularly in the software development sector, have neglected using multiple variables and therefore have not been as comprehensive. Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry fills this void by examining benchmarking in the business of software development and studying how it is affected by development process, application type, hardware platforms used, and many other variables. Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry begins by examining practices of benchmarking productivity and critically appraises them. Next the book identifies different variables which affect productivity and variables that affect quality, developing useful equations that explaining their relationships. Finally these equations and findings are applied to case studies. Utilizing this book, practitioners can decide about what emphasis they should attach to different variables in their own companies, while seeking to optimize productivity and defect density.
Full Product Details
Author: Sanjay Mohapatra
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 2012 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.361kg
ISBN: 9781489993694
ISBN 10: 148999369
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 13 April 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
From the reviews: This book explores best practices of the information technology (IT) industry to provide and obtain information and knowledge. ... The author has provided a serious work on benchmarking best practices and underlines the critical importance it plays in software engineering. The book would be of interest to managers and programmers, in both industry and academia. (Michael Goldberg and R. Goldberg, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2013)
From the reviews: “This book explores best practices of the information technology (IT) industry to provide and obtain information and knowledge. … The author has provided a serious work on benchmarking best practices and underlines the critical importance it plays in software engineering. The book would be of interest to managers and programmers, in both industry and academia.” (Michael Goldberg and R. Goldberg, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2013)
Author Information
Sanjay Mohapatra received his B.E. from NIT Rourkela, M.Tech from IIT Madras, PGDBM XIMB, India and PhD from Utkal University. Professor Mohapatra has more than 25 years of combined industry and academic experience. He has worked in various capacities in organizations like Hindusthan Aeronautics Limited, Larsen & Toubro, PricewaterHouse, Infosys, Polaris & J&B Software. His teaching interests are in IT Strategy and Management Information Systems and research interests are in the area of IT enabled processes. He has authored/co-authored nine books, several papers in national and international referred journals and conferences.
