DocumentCode
1367743
Title
Avoiding classic mistakes [software engineering]
Author
McConnell, Stephen
Author_Institution
Construx Software Builders, Bellevue, WA
Volume
13
Issue
5
fYear
1996
fDate
9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract
Some of the worst practices in the software industry have been used so often, by so many people, to produce such predictably bad results, that they should be labelled classic mistakes. The author presents his nominations for software´s top twelve classic mistakes, including: problem employees, crowded offices, insufficient user input and aggressive project scheduling
Keywords
DP industry; human resource management; professional aspects; project management; software development management; aggressive project scheduling; classic mistakes; crowded offices; problem employees; software development management; software engineering mistakes; software industry practices; user input; Best practices; Chaos; Computer hacking; Computer industry; Costs; Employee welfare; Job shop scheduling; Productivity; Project management; Silver; Software engineering; Software quality; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/52.536469
Filename
536469
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