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Software Project Managers under the Team Software Process: A Study of Competences

Software Project Managers under the Team Software Process: A Study of Competences

Marcos Ruano-Mayoral, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Ángel García-Crespo, Juan Miguel Gómez-Berbís
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1938-0232|EISSN: 1938-0240|ISSN: 1938-0232|EISBN13: 9781616929916|EISSN: 1938-0240|DOI: 10.4018/jitpm.2010100204
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Ruano-Mayoral, Marcos, et al. "Software Project Managers under the Team Software Process: A Study of Competences." IJITPM vol.1, no.1 2010: pp.42-53. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitpm.2010100204

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Ruano-Mayoral, M., Colomo-Palacios, R., García-Crespo, Á., & Gómez-Berbís, J. M. (2010). Software Project Managers under the Team Software Process: A Study of Competences. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), 1(1), 42-53. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitpm.2010100204

Chicago

Ruano-Mayoral, Marcos, et al. "Software Project Managers under the Team Software Process: A Study of Competences," International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM) 1, no.1: 42-53. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitpm.2010100204

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Abstract

Despite the clear relevance of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) market in world economics and the evident lack of success of software projects, organizations devote little effort to the development and maturity of the software project manager profession. This work analyzes the figure of project manager from the perspective of the Team Software Process (TSP), and it considers the required skills, attitudes and knowledge for a software development project. The basis for the study is the analysis of relevant references from the literature for their subsequent categorization into different competency concepts. The results of the analysis are compared with the contributions which the Guide to the SWEBOK® and the PMBOK® Guide models provide of the profiles of the project manager. The results indicate that the literature relating to the Team Software Process is focused on the definitions of skills and attitudes, and to a lesser extent on knowledge components. The lack of the definition of the components which comprise competency constitutes a challenge for software development organizations that use TSP, whose project managers should confront the task with full capacities, and without the help of established and recognized competencies. The current work attempts to establish the competencies for project managers identified in the literature, in the environment of the use of TSP for software development, using a study based on content analysis.

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