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Software project management antipatterns are usually related to other antipatterns and rarely appear in isolation. This fact introduces inevitable interdependence and complexity that can not be addressed using existing formalisms. To reduce this complexity and interdependence, this paper proposes the Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) as a method that visualizes and analyzes the dependencies between related attributes of software project management antipatterns. Furthermore, DSM provides a methodology that can be used to visualize three different configurations that characterize antipatterns and resolve cyclic dependencies that are formed between interdependent antipattern attributes. The proposed framework can be used by software project managers in order to resolve antipatterns that occur in a software project in a timely manner. The approach is exemplified through a DSM of 25 attributes of 16 related software project management antipatterns that appear in the literature and the Web.
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Settas, D., Stamelos, I. (2008). Resolving Complexity and Interdependence in Software Project Management Antipatterns Using the Dependency Structure Matrix. In: Lee, R. (eds) Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 150. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70561-1_15
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