Preferable Ways of Decision-Making in IT Teams
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7494/dmms.2019.13.1-2.2788Keywords:
software development, IT teams, virtual collaboration, cloud computing, decision-makingAbstract
Software development team collaboration requires various decisions regarding essential aspects of a project’s progress. General and particular decision-making models are considered, and their main aspects such as team types, problem solving categories, and decision-making ways are analyzed. The research concerns representative groups of IT specialists and their preferences in decision-making are investigated. Four possible cases were tested: hierarchical choice (by leader) team members’ choice (team consensus or voting) and external expert impact. It allows one to show some differences in the behaviors of both traditional and virtual teams.
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