Japan's Software Factories

A Challenge to U.S. Management

Inbunden, Engelska, 1991

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Beskrivning

Though Japan has successfully competed with US computer makers in manufacturing and marketing hardware, it has been less successful in developing software that competes with US software companies. This book analyses how a number of Japanese firms, in an effort to catch up, have created what are called `software factories' in which large numbers of people are engaged in developing software in co-operative ways.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1991-05-16
Mått:156 x 241 x 38 mm
Vikt:916 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:528
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195062168

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`The book should be read by anyone who wants to understand the changing global marketplace in software.'John B. Munson, Space Systems Division, Unisys Corporation

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Part I: The Software Challenge 1: Product-Process Strategy and Japan's Software Industry 2: The Technology: Recurring Problems and Integrated Solutions Part II: The Factory Approach 3: System Development Corporation: A U.S. Factory Experiment 4: Hitachi: Organizing for Process and Quality Control 5: Toshiba: Linking Productivity and Reusability 6: NEC: A Multiproduct, Multiprocess Factory Network 7: Fujitsu: Process Control to Automated Customization 8: Standardization and Cooperative R&D Conclusion 9: Software Development: From Craft to Factory Practice Appendixes A. Survey of Manager Emphases: The Process Spectrum B. Japanese and U.S. Project Performance C. Market Shares and Customer Satisfaction in Japan Notes Index