Impact of software development methodologies on success of Slovenian enterprises

Diplomska naloga raziskuje problematiko uporabe metodologij ra- zvoja programske opreme. Kaj so razvojne metodologije, katere tipe poznamo, zakaj jih sploh uporabljamo in kaksen je vpliv na uspesnost razvojnih projektov, so nekatera izmed kljucnih vprasanj, ki jih raz- iskuje naloga. Za boljse razumevanje problematike so metodologije najprej splosno opisane in razdeljene na tipe. Predstavljene so ugo- tovitve tujih sorodnih raziskav, ki so kasneje primerjane z raziskavo stanja v Sloveniji. Le-ta je bila opravljena s pomocjo ankete o fak- torjih uspeha vpeljave programske resitve, ki jo je Laboratorij za informatiko Fakultete za racunalnistvo in informatiko v Ljubljani v sklopu svojega raziskovalnega dela opravil v tisoc najvecjih slo- venskih podjetjih. Anketni odgovori so analizirani s pomocjo ustre- znih statisticnih metod. Raziskava je izvedena preko stirih kategorij: razsirjenost uporabe razlicnih metodologij, vpliv na razvojni proces, vpliv na uspesnost razvojnih projektov ter zadovoljstvo razvijalcev z uporabljeno metodologijo. Rezultati dajejo jasnejso sliko problema- tike uporabe metodologij v Sloveniji in skupaj s primerjavo s tujimi studijami omogocajo izboljsave razvojnega procesa in napoved pri- hodnjega trenda.The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to allow a better understanding of software development methodologies and their usage. Some of the key questions of the thesis are: what are software development methodologies, which types do we know, why do we use them and what is their impact on the success of development projects. For a better understanding of the problem we rst describe the general characteristics of development methodologies and divide them into types. We present the key ndings of similar studies, which are later compared to our research. The research is based on a survey which was conducted in one thousand of the largest Slovenian enterprises by the Information Systems Laboratory of the Faculty of Computer and Information Science Ljubljana as a part of their research work. The answers are analysed using suitable statistical methods. The research includes four categories: the prevalence of use of dierent methodologies, the impact on the development process, the impact on the development projects\u27 success and the developers\u27 satisfaction with the used methodology. The results give a clearer picture of the usage of methodologies in Slovenia and together with similar studies enable improvements of the development process and the prediction of the future trend