ISBN : 978-81-963532-2-3 (E-Book) organization hassuccessfullycompletedmanysimpleMISprojects.Then,forasimilarMISproject,chiefprogrammer team structure can be adopted. The chief programmer team structure works wellwhenthetaskiswithintheintellectualgraspofasingleindividual.However,evenforsimple andwellunderstoodproblems,anorganizationmustbeselectiveinadoptingthechiefprogrammerstructure.Thec hiefprogrammerteamstructureshouldnotbeusedunlesstheimportance of early project completion outweighs other factors such as team morale, personaldevelopments,life-cyclecost etc. DemocraticTeam The democratic team structure, as the name implies, does not enforce any formal team hierarchy(asshowninfig.37.3).Typically,amanagerprovidestheadministrativeleadership.Atdiffere nttimes,different membersof thegroup providetechnical leadership. Fig.37.3:Democraticteamstructure The democratic organization leads to higher morale and job satisfaction. Consequently, it suffersfrom less man-power turnover. Also, democratic team structure is appropriate for less 189 Software Engineering Keerthana P, Manasa KN, Ganga D Bengal
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