1201 Lessons learned from reorganization of a systems development project

Abstract

This case covers a systems development project, which experienced sharp degradation of quality right after completion of a large module by adding a mass of manpower to the project. A project review revealed that there was a problem in the development process that heavily relied on specific key persons in the project. In order to solve this problem, we implemented several measures for reorganizing the project, such as working on fundamentals of the project, establishing a standard development process and improving quality and costs. As a result, we managed to deliver quality systems of 300ks in six months. In this paper, we describe lessons leaned from our reorganization approach of the project.