Departmentalization in Software Development and Maintenance

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Exploring the strengths and weaknesses of three alternative bases for systems staff departmentalization suggests the benefits of an organizational form in which maintenance is separate from new system development. © 1990, ACM. All rights reserved.

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Swanson, E. B., & Beath, C. M. (1990). Departmentalization in Software Development and Maintenance. Communications of the ACM, 33(6), 658–667. https://doi.org/10.1145/78973.78976

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