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Software engineering: An example of misuse
Author(s) -
Fisher Paul S.,
Slonim Jacob
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380110602
Subject(s) - ignorance , software , product (mathematics) , computer science , software engineering , software project management , control (management) , engineering management , software development , engineering , software construction , artificial intelligence , mathematics , programming language , political science , geometry , law
Managers of programmers and designers are sometimes wont to adopt the new and shiny. This paper describes a situation in which managers at several levels grasped for the ‘new and shiny’ in the form of software engineering. This approach was not without its hidden dangers, especially when established guidelines were ignored or violated. The results of an experience with a large software project are reported. This project dealt with a sophisticated inventory control system. The effects on the project of ignorance and the violation of rules are described. Several measures of the final product are reported. Observations of the authors conclude the paper.