A Survey of Software Development Practices in the New Zealand Software Industry

  • Authors:
  • Lindsay Groves;Ray Nickson;Greg Reeve;Steve Reeves;Mark Utting

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ASWEC '00 Proceedings of the 2000 Australian Software Engineering Conference
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

We report on the software development techniques used in the New Zealand software industry, paying particular attention to requirements gathering. We surveyed a selection of software companies with a general questionnaire and then conducted in-depth interviews with four companies. Our results show a wide variety in the kinds of companies undertaking software development, employing a wide range of software development techniques. Although our data are not sufficiently detailed to draw statistically significant conclusions, it appears that larger software development groups typically have more well-defined software development processes, spend proportionally more time on requirements gathering, and follow more rigorous testing regimes.