High-Productivity Alternatives for Applications Software Development

Abstract

As a result of the escalating demand for new applications and the ever-increasing cost of developing them, many MIS departments are besieged by backlogs as well as time and cost overruns. This article presents time- and money-saving alternatives to traditional software development methods and provides guidelines for selecting the best alternative for a given application.

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Maryam Alavi

Dr. Maryam Alavi is assistant professor of MIS at the University of Houston