Effective specification of decision rights and accountabilities for better performing software engineering projects

  • Authors:
  • Monde Kalumbilo

  • Affiliations:
  • University College London, UK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

A governance system for a software project involves the distribution and management of decision rights. Decision rights, are a central governance concept. Decision rights grant authority to make decisions and be held accountable for decision outcomes. Though prior research indicates that the exercise and degree of ownership of decision rights has an impact on software project performance, not much attention has been devoted toward understanding the underlying distribution of decision rights within software projects, particularly in terms of what decisions must be made, who should make these decisions and what constitutes an effective distribution of decision rights. In this paper, a research agenda to reveal such knowledge is presented. This report represents the first output of our work in this area.