Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Clark, Kim B. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1116-1127
development process. We define two observable properties of an architecture: (1) modularity and (2) option value. Developers can … often make informed judgments about modularity and option value from early, partially implemented code releases. We show … because modularity and option value create opportunities for the exchange of valuable work among developers, opportunities …