Improving Software Economics
The world is becoming more dependent on software delivery efficiency and world economies are becoming more dependent on producing software with improved economic outcomes. What we have learned over decades of advancing software development best practice is that software production involves more of an economics than an engineering discipline. This paper provides a provocative perspective on achieving agile software delivery and the economic foundations of modern best practices. It presents our view of the Top 10 principles in managing an industrial-strength software organization and achieving agility at any scale of business challenge.
Walker Royce
200906 software economics