subject: A Detailed Insight On Software Development Tools Helping In Increasing Productivity [print this page] In present scenario, software developers are incorporating various tools to improve the trade off variables namely Time and Scope. Its always wise to use a set of tools rather than use too many variations. Lagging productivity of software teams affect the organizations ability to struggle and survive.
Productivity Increasing Strategies
The below mentioned strategies play a vital role in software development.
Increase manpower by hiring more people and increasing work hour
Improve business value- new business values reduce waste and provide optimized deliveries
Adapt to reality correcting mistakes and improve accordingly
Make individuals more powerful-enhance peoples awareness and confidence
Improve communication-by exchanging of ideas between team members
Better organization- making teams and allocating roles
Develop expertise- implementation of required project activities
Involvement of external communities-incorporating more people outside the team
Well designed solutions- reduce software development complications
Maintain quality prevent system flaws
Software Development Tools
Software development tools are categorized into:
People-oriented
Process-oriented
Development-oriented
People-Oriented Tool
People have a major role on the output as they are creators of the software. The people oriented tools are:
Appointing more people to increases volume and quality of work
Motivating people to make them more productive and focused about quality and end result
Professional growth - learning from mistakes
Overtime for a short period as stressed team lowers quality
Good leaders to boost up team members and remove barriers for the success of project
Specialization and separation of roles so as to cover various aspects to ensure good results
Outsource- tasks and challenges should match skills and experience of team players
Induce individual flow challenging perception and understanding without exceeding capacity
Discipline
Process-Oriented Tools
When we talk about process oriented tools, the following things come in mind:
Built-in mechanism for signaling problems and self-correction is the most effective
Build arrangement
Integrated decision making
Good quality assurance by proper verification and fixing of problem
Analyzing and updating the practices
Focus on high value core work
Go open-source-sharing developing problems with users and other developers
Incorporation of customers ideas
Select optimal process flow for creating values
Self-organization- connecting software teams to customers and allowing them to take decisions based on learning and changing situations
Development-Oriented Tools
Development practices and approaches are important factors affecting software productivity. Some of the development-oriented practices that software developers carry are:
Reuse of codes speeds development
Simplify the codes for better understanding
Lesser innovations and addition of actively involved products
Domain specific design-technical ideas and codes must be close to customer domain
Amend and develop design before adding new features
Opening the structural design and API to external developers gives more functionality
Follow design principles
Code, ideas and standards must be shared to maintain the consistency
Shift to better technology
Conclusion
In India, software developers believe that instead of coming up with innovative ways to cover real project risk, its best to have a solid procedure for detecting and managing that risk. These development tools would help developers overcome the trade off variables and increase their productivity.
