The Software Dilemma Balancing Creativity and Control on the Path to Sustainable Software /

• Main Authors: Gutbrod, Roger (Author), Wiele, Christian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Management for Professionals,
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Organization.; Planning.; Management.; Industrial management.; Economic policy.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Business and Management, general.

The complexity of software is continuously growing as a result of today’s interconnected business processes. Governance of architecture and technology strategy helps to ensure coherence of software and avoid excessive complexity. At the same time software development needs room for creativity and em...

Table of Contents:

• The World Has Changed
• Are you connected - CIO, Architect, and Auditor ?
• Building the Foundation
• Orienteering Race - Position, direction, Go  !
• The Software Sustainability Audit
• The Process Audit - Not just for the Auditor
• The Product Audit - Look at this, Architect !
• Governance Where It Belongs - Control Self-Assessment
• It's Not Only about the Facts - Communication Matters.