The Exploratory Analysis on Knowledge Creation Effective Factors in Software Requirement Development
ABSTRACT
The knowledge creation effective factors were found in both necessary elements for stimulus of knowledge creation and the key influencing factors of software project success. The research was carried with the specific successful practices of Microsoft Corporation and William Johnson’s analysis of R & D project knowledge creation. The knowledge creation effective factors in requirement development project are clarified through deeply interviewing the software enterprises in Guangdong province as well as other corporate information departments. The effective factors are divided with R & D project knowledge creation model in the view of organizational, team, personal and technical four levels through literature research and interview in enterprises, and the empirical study was done with questionnaire and exploratory analysis.
The knowledge creation effective factors were found in both necessary elements for stimulus of knowledge creation and the key influencing factors of software project success. The research was carried with the specific successful practices of Microsoft Corporation and William Johnson’s analysis of R & D project knowledge creation. The knowledge creation effective factors in requirement development project are clarified through deeply interviewing the software enterprises in Guangdong province as well as other corporate information departments. The effective factors are divided with R & D project knowledge creation model in the view of organizational, team, personal and technical four levels through literature research and interview in enterprises, and the empirical study was done with questionnaire and exploratory analysis.
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nullJ. Wan and R. Wang, "The Exploratory Analysis on Knowledge Creation Effective Factors in Software Requirement Development," Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 3 No. 6, 2010, pp. 580-587. doi: 10.4236/jsea.2010.36067.
nullJ. Wan and R. Wang, "The Exploratory Analysis on Knowledge Creation Effective Factors in Software Requirement Development," Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 3 No. 6, 2010, pp. 580-587. doi: 10.4236/jsea.2010.36067.
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