Inside a Secret Software Laboratory

An Ethnographic Study of a Global Software Package Producer

Christine Grimm (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVIII, 289 Seiten

2012
Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Gabler
9783834933867 (ISBN)

Infos

How does one of the world's biggest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suppliers develop software? How do Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and Co really work? Christine Grimm presents a first-hand account of a social researcher who entered the software laboratory of one of the biggest ERP providers. Presenting an in-depth ethnography on how people act within such labs, she reveals the highly unexpected social character of programming and shows how the vendor reorganizes himself to find new ways to respond to the expectations of the market. Furthermore, the author highlights the informal practices when an ERP system, as a defective or incomplete product, re-enters the supplier's labs. The book provides a window into what happens if bugs are dug up and emotions on both the supplier and customer sides are running high.

Autor

Dr. Christine Grimm received her PhD in interdisciplinary research from the University of Edinburgh. She works as a senior researcher in the research laboratory of a software provider.

Inhalt

lt;p>Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Social Research

ERP System Support

ERP System Development

Introducing Competing Management Practices

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.1.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Research
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 289 p. 19 illus.
• Verlagsort: Wiesbaden
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 414 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: Software Engineering / Softwareentwicklung • Softwareentwicklung
• ISBN-13: 9783834933867 / 9783834933867
• Zustand: Neuware