Case study on re-architecting of established enterprise software product : major challenges encountered and SDM prescriptions from lessons learned
Name
61771023-MIT.pdf
Description
Full printable version
Size
14.36 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
46d9ca6f4ee32fdab7d782e973d77e35
Author(s)
Quah, Kok-Seng
Advisor(s)
Daniel Whitney.
Date Issued
2005
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The paper studies a real word project of an enterprise software product re-architecting at a mid-sized telecommunication company. It begins with a description of the company and the software product, as well as an elaboration of the project under study. Using written surveys and follow-up interviews as the primary data gathering tools, the paper collects and tabulates first-hand experience and opinions from key project participants. Based on the survey results, the paper proposes an integrative implementation framework, based primarily on literature reviews in offshore outsourcing, systems and project management (SPM) and product design and development (PDD), for a detailed analysis of key challenges encountered by the project under study. The paper also investigates if specific key challenges could have been managed or influenced by the application of specific methods and tools within the proposed framework.
Description
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-122).
Subjects
System Design and Management Program.
MIT Department
System Design and Management Program.
Terms of Use
M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
Persistent DSpace Link
