Application Development Productivity Tools: A Survey Of Importance and Popularity

Abstract

Application development productivity is becoming an increasingly important issue in the MIS department. Unfortunately, dramatic improvements in hardware performance have not been matched with corresponding advances in software development, even though there have been significant investments in productivity tools. This article identifies a range of productivity tools and presents results from a survey of MIS managers that reveals which specific tools are being used and their relative importance to software development productivity.

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E. Reed Doke

E. Reed Doke is an associate professor in the computer information systems department at Missouri State University in Springfield MO. Prior to joining the University in 1976. he was MIS manager for a large financial institution. He received his PhD in management from the University of Arkansas and continues to serve the industry as a consultant in the MIS area. He is a member of the Decision Science Institute, the Data Processing Management Association, and the Society of Data Educators. He has published numerous articles, and his current research interests focus on software development productivity and methodologies.