An empirical validation of software cost estimation models
Communications of the ACM
In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
Why is Software Late? An Empirical Study of Reasons for Delay in Software Development
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
People, Organizations, and Process Improvement
IEEE Software
Timespace in the workplace: dealing with interruptions
CHI '95 Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Being digital
Managing technical people: innovation, teamwork, and the software process
Managing technical people: innovation, teamwork, and the software process
Intellectual capital: the new wealth of organizations
Intellectual capital: the new wealth of organizations
A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
The Soul of a New Machine
The Tao of Programming
Programmers and Managers: The Routinization of Computer Programming in the United States
Programmers and Managers: The Routinization of Computer Programming in the United States
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Software Risk Management: Principles and Practices
IEEE Software
Critical Success Factors In Software Projects
IEEE Software
It's About Time: Temporal Structuring in Organizations
Organization Science
De-motivators for software process improvement: an analysis of practitioners' views
Journal of Systems and Software
Journal of Management Information Systems
Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy
Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy
24/7: Time and Temporality in the Network Society
24/7: Time and Temporality in the Network Society
Delays and interruptions: A self-perpetuating paradox of communication technology use
Information and Organization
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The paper discusses the issue of time slips in software development. Increasing time sacrifices toward work constitutes an important part of modern organizational environment. In fact, the reign over time is a crucial element in controlling the labor process. Yet a lack of cultural studies covering different approaches to this issue remains-particularly those focusing on high-skilled salaried workers. This article is a small attempt to fill this gap, based on an analysis of unstructured qualitative interviews with high-tech professionals from a B2B software company. It focuses on the issue of timing in IT projects, as perceived by software engineers. The findings indicate that managerial interruptions in work play an important part in the social construction of delays. However, interruptions from peer software engineers are not perceived as disruptive. This leads to the conclusion that time is used in a symbolic way, both for organizational domination and solidarity rituals. The use of time as a symbolic currency in knowledge-work rites is presented as often influencing the very process of labor and schedules. It is revealed to be the dominant evaluation factor, replacing the officially used measures, such as efficiency, or quality.