Random paradigm in Organizational Paradigms - Definition - Software Process Improvement

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• Nirja Shah   -Posted on 27 Oct 15
  - Constantine suggests four "organizational paradigms" for software engineering teams:
  
  Closed paradigm
  - It structures a team along a traditional hierarchy of authority.
  - Such teams can work well when producing software that is quite similar to past efforts, but they will be less likely to be innovative when working in this paradigm.
  
  Random paradigm
  - It structures a team loosely and depends on individual initiative of the team members.
  - When innovation or technological breakthrough is required, teams following the random paradigm will excel.
  - But such teams may struggle when "orderly performance" is required.
  
  Open paradigm
  - It is an attempt to structure a team in a manner that acheives some of the controls associated with the closed paradigm but also much of the innovation that occurs when using this paradigm.
  - Work is performed collaboratively.
  - Heavy communication and consensus-based decision making are the trademarks of open paradigm teams.
  - Open paradigm team structures are well suited to the solution of complex problems but may not perform as efficiently as other teams.
  
  Synchronous paradigm
  - It relies on the natural compartmentalization of a problem and organizes team members to work on pieces of the problem with little active communication among themselves.

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