Organizational governance: Resolving insufficient practice and quality expectation in Small Software Companies.

Micheal Tuape, P. Iiyambo, Jussi Kasurinen
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The quality of software products is among the most prevalent challenges threatening the software development primarily in small software companies (SSCs). These challenges are associated with insufficient practices affecting the production of software and the development processes. This paper explores the role of governance in streamlining software processes and practices to produce better quality software products. In a cross-sectional survey (n = 127), we reached out to software practitioners working in SSCs from four countries. We examined how SSCs engage in oversight and accountability and how SSCs perform management roles and activities, such as controlling, directing, and guiding in the process of developing software. Our findings indicate that although the SSCs minimally embrace governance practices, the smaller companies have a more challenging task embracing governance practices from the complexities arising out of these companies' structures. This study highlights the aspects of governance that need attention in the smaller category of SSCs. It proposes an organizational governance model to facilitate the SSCs in developing governance strategies to take advantage of the benefits of governance during software development.
组织治理:解决小型软件公司中不足的实践和质量期望。
软件产品的质量是威胁小型软件公司(ssc)软件开发的最普遍的挑战之一。这些挑战与影响软件生产和开发过程的不充分实践有关。本文探讨了治理在简化软件过程和实践中所扮演的角色,以产生更高质量的软件产品。在一项横断面调查中(n = 127),我们接触了来自四个国家在ssc工作的软件从业者。我们研究了ssc如何参与监督和问责制,以及ssc如何执行管理角色和活动,例如在开发软件的过程中控制、指导和指导。我们的研究结果表明,尽管ssc最低限度地采用治理实践,但由于这些公司结构的复杂性,较小的公司在采用治理实践方面的任务更具挑战性。本研究强调了在较小的ssc类别中需要注意的治理方面。它提出了一个组织治理模型,以促进ssc制定治理策略,从而在软件开发过程中利用治理的好处。
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