Wednesday, November 3, 2010

SW Development Archetypes

Forrester analyst Jeffrey Hammond has published a report on Software Development Archetypes. In it, he describes 3 archetypes: Solid Utility, Trusted Supplier, Partner Player. Based on his description, these seem to map to the Simple, Complicated, and Complex domains of Cynefin (using Cynefin as a taxonomy).

Since the report is behind a paywall, see slide 16 of this recent presentation by Hammond on open source software and lean development for a summary of the archetypes.