The organization of the program development team, usually three kinds: 1. Main programmer: 1 Master Programmers (senior engineer), 2 to 5 Technicians (engineers), and 1 backup engineers. The main programmer is the team's leadership and core, responsible for all the team's technical activities planning, coordination and management, key technology and review work. The programmer is responsible for the development of the project and the preparation of documentation. The backup programmer assists and supports the master programmer, which can replace the master programmer if necessary. The disadvantage is the good or bad depends on the master programmer skill level and management ability. 2. Democracy: Although the team leader is also set up, the members of the group can conduct democratic consultations in the face of problems. The goal of the work of the formulation, decision by all members, that is, the emphasis on the use of each programmer's enthusiasm, initiative, collaborative spirit. Disadvantage is to weaken the personal responsibility, development efficiency has been reduced. 3. Hierarchy: Comprised of 1 project leaders, 2 to 7 master programmers, and programmers, each master programmer manages several programmers. This form of organization is more suitable for a hierarchical structure of topics or large software projects.
Establishment of software project organization and division of Personnel (II.)