Organizational Pattern III
nMicrosoft
Organizational Pattern
–Objective: Provide adequate support for all aspects of
Waterfall type development
–Related to: Waterfall, Monolithic Apps, Staff
Graphs
–Description: Organize a product team into multiple
smaller teams, along the following
divisions:
nDevelopment
nQA
nProgram
Management
nProduct
Management
nBusiness Units
–Advantages:
nMost aspects of
software development have clear ownership
nThorough coverage of
all areas
–Drawbacks:
nRequires adequate
resources
nTechnical knowledge
and feature specifications live in different groups