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Japan's software factories : a challenge to U.S. management / Michael A. Cusumano.
1991
N 631 CUS.J
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Title
Japan's software factories : a challenge to U.S. management / Michael A. Cusumano.
Description
ix, 513 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN
0195062167
9780195062168 alk. paper
0135198771
9780135198773
1423764242 electronic book
9781423764243 electronic book
1601297556
9781601297556
1280524472
9781280524479
9786610524471
6610524475
9780195362848
0195362845
9780195062168 alk. paper
0135198771
9780135198773
1423764242 electronic book
9781423764243 electronic book
1601297556
9781601297556
1280524472
9781280524479
9786610524471
6610524475
9780195362848
0195362845
Alternate Call Number
N 631 CUS.J
Summary
Though Japan has successfully competed with U.S. companies in the manufacturing and marketing of computer hardware, it has been less successful in developing computer programs. This book contains the first detailed analysis of how Japanese firms have tried to redress this imbalance by applying their skills in engineering and production management to software development. Cusumano focuses on the creation of "software factories" in which large numbers of people are engaged in developing software in cooperative ways---i.e. individual programs are not developed in isolation but rather utilize portions of other programs already developed whenever possible, and then yield usable portions for other programs being written. Devoting chapters to working methods at System Developing Corp., Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, and Fujitsu, and including a comparison of Japanese and U.S. software factories, Cusumano's book will be important reading for all people involved in software and computer technology, as well as those interested in Japanese business and corporate culture.
Note
Book taken from shelf without permission - missing; Price : NLG Supplier : Nedbook, Amsterdam; recd 18/03/92; Contents : Part 1 : The software challenge : 1. Product-process strategy and Japan's software industry; 2. The technology : recurring problems; Part 2 : The factory approach : 3. System development corporation : a U.S. factory experiment; 4. Hitachi : organizing for process and quality control; 5. Tochiba : linking productivity and reusability; 6. NEC : a multiproduct, multiprocess factory network; 7. Fujitsu : process control to automated customization; 8. Standardization and cooperative R&D Conclusion : 9. Software development : from craft to factory practice; Appendixes : A. Survey of manager emphases : the process spectrum; B. Japanese and U.S. project performance; C. Market shares and customer satisfaction in Japan; Notes; Index;
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-498) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
pt. 1 The software challenge
Product-process strategy and Japan's software industry
The technology: recurring problems and integrated solutions
pt 2. The factory approach
System Development Corporation: a U.S. factory experiment
Hitachi: organizing for process and quality control
Toshiba: linking productivity and reusability
NEC: a multiproduct, multiprocess factory network
Standardization and cooperative R & D
Conclusion
Software development: from craft to factory practice
Appendixes
A. survey of manager emphases: the process spectrum
B. Japanese and U.S. project performance
C. Market shares and customer satisfaction in Japan.
Product-process strategy and Japan's software industry
The technology: recurring problems and integrated solutions
pt 2. The factory approach
System Development Corporation: a U.S. factory experiment
Hitachi: organizing for process and quality control
Toshiba: linking productivity and reusability
NEC: a multiproduct, multiprocess factory network
Standardization and cooperative R & D
Conclusion
Software development: from craft to factory practice
Appendixes
A. survey of manager emphases: the process spectrum
B. Japanese and U.S. project performance
C. Market shares and customer satisfaction in Japan.
Series
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Language
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