The driven parameters of Software Development Projects

Abstract: The world is under a constant change and digitalization. More and more products are being produced with the help of software and a popular way for companies to sell their products and services is via the cloud. For long products have been developed and produced with the help of project management. Methodologies have developed overtime to better fit the requirements and environment in which products are developed, but products and its development methods are evolving too quickly and applied theories are not keeping up with this change. The aim of this study is to investigate the challenges of SDP’s and parameters of optimization in SDP’s as well as to identify how the identified parameters will help project management in SDP’s. This was done by using an abductive approach and a qualitative method, designed to be exploratory. Interviews were conducted on individuals within the IT-sector and the collected empirics were analyzed together with theory. The findings of the study were that in order to improve a SDP’s process and success one needs to consider a number of parameters which consist of improving clarity of communication and ways of communication by using communication tools on a continuous basis with both the project team and all stakeholders. Organizations must ensure that they choose approaches based on a projects uncertainty rather than to choose an approach to be certain. The areas of which this study contributes to is the knowledge of how to manage projects that involve software development having the known project methodologies in mind.