0195062167 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.