SHF:Small:Exploring the Synergy between Software Design and Organizational Structure

许多成功的大型软件系统都有一个基本特征：它们的模块化结构通过模块的分布式和并行化改进实现了系统范围的进步。然而，仅仅将软件拆分成模块，而不评估设计和必须实例化它的组织之间的相互作用，并不总是确保并行的、模块化的发展是有效的。特别是，设计和组织结构之间的不匹配可能导致昂贵的团队间通信成本，并因不同的时区、语言和文化等障碍而加剧。这项研究的目的是形式化地表达和定量评估软件结构的关键特征，这些关键特征允许通过分布式模块化贡献进行系统范围的演化，并说明设计结构和组织结构之间的关系，因为它影响软件质量、生产力和生存。这项工作将探索一种可计算的社会技术模型、相关指标和自动化分析技术，以改进软件开发的进行。该方法将允许设计人员在早期开发阶段评估和操作软件设计，以便模块可以由独立的团队定义和实施，从而缩短开发时间，促进更改，并将协调成本降至最低。结果将在大型软件系统上进行演示，与希望了解这些技术影响的行业合作伙伴合作。

Many successful large-scale software systems share a fundamental characteristic: their modular structures enable system-wide advances though distributed and parallelized improvement of modules. However, merely breaking software into modules, without assessing the interplay between a design and the organization that must instantiate it, does not always ensure that parallelized, module-wise evolution is effective. In particular, mismatches between design and organizational structures can result in expensive inter-team communication costs, exacerbated by barriers such as differing time zones, languages and cultures. This research aims to formally express and quantitatively assess the key characteristics of software structures that allow for system-wide evolution through distributed module-wise contributions, and to account for the relationship between design structure and organizational structure, as it impacts software quality, productivity, and survival. The work will explore a computable socio-technical model, associated metrics and automated analysis techniques to improve the conduct of software development. The approach will allow designers to assess and manipulate software designs at early development stages so that modules can be defined and implemented by independent teams, shortening development time, facilitating changes, and minimizing coordination costs. The results will be demonstrated on large software systems, working with industrial partners who wish to understand the impact of these techniques.