Overcoming the Complexity of Software Product Management


Autoria(s): Maglyas, Andrey
Data(s)

11/06/2013

11/06/2013

18/06/2013

Resumo

This thesis describes an approach to overcoming the complexity of software product management (SPM) and consists of several studies that investigate the activities and roles in product management, as well as issues related to the adoption of software product management. The thesis focuses on organizations that have started the adoption of SPM but faced difficulties due to its complexity and fuzziness and suggests the frameworks for overcoming these challenges using the principles of decomposition and iterative improvements. The research process consisted of three phases, each of which provided complementary results and empirical observation to the problem of overcoming the complexity of SPM. Overall, product management processes and practices in 13 companies were studied and analysed. Moreover, additional data was collected with a survey conducted worldwide. The collected data were analysed using the grounded theory (GT) to identify the possible ways to overcome the complexity of SPM. Complementary research methods, like elements of the Theory of Constraints were used for deeper data analysis. The results of the thesis indicate that the decomposition of SPM activities depending on the specific characteristics of companies and roles is a useful approach for simplifying the existing SPM frameworks. Companies would benefit from the results by adopting SPM activities more efficiently and effectively and spending fewer resources on its adoption by concentrating on the most important SPM activities.

Identificador

978-952-265-404-5

1456-4491

http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/90809

URN:ISBN:978-952-265-404-5

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Lappeenranta University of Technology

Relação

978-952-265-403-8

Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis

Palavras-Chave #Software product management #product management activities #grounded theory #qualitative research
Tipo

Väitöskirja

Doctoral Dissertation