Web-based system development: Status in the Norwegian IT organizations

Abstract

Software process improvement seeks for better methods and techniques to develop quality products with reduced time. A prerequisite for this is to understand the current status and problems. In this paper we present a survey that gives an overall picture of the status in the development of Web-based systems. We investigated how the recognized best practice in the software community is employed in WebSys development, with respect to time-to-market and quality requirements - reliability and robustness. Data have been collected through questionnaires and interviews. Exploratory data analysis is used to dis-cover patterns underlying data through successive iterations. Ten main findings are presented in three groups: features of the WebSys development projects, results related to time-to-market and use of engineering methods for reliability and robustness. Based on these findings, some key research areas are identified. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004.