The future of software development methods

Brian Fitzgerald; Klaas Jan Stol

doi:10.4324/9781315619361

The future of software development methods

Brian Fitzgerald
, Klaas Jan Stol

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Abstract

Most of the software development methods in use today are founded on concepts that emerged in the early decades of the software industry – the systems development life cycle, object orientation, agile and lean methods, open source, software product lines, software patterns – the list goes on. However there are several disruptive elements present in the current software landscape – software ecosystems, servitization, the Internet of Things, parallel processing, cognitive computing, quantum computing – that pose significant challenges in terms of the software development methods that might be appropriate. We suggest that these disruptive elements highlight the need to create new software development methods more appropriate to the needs of the current development environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Companion to Management Information Systems
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	125-137
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317213727
ISBN (Print)	9781138666450
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315619361
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes

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