Software Failure: Management Failure

Author: Stephen Flowers
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0471951137
Publisher: Wiley

Software Failure: Management Failure: Amazing Stories and Cautionary Tales (Wiley Series in Software Engineering Practice)

It?s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure Bill Gates Good judgement is usually the result of experience.

And experience is frequently the result of bad judgement. But to learn from the experience of others requires those who have the experience to share the knowledge with those who follow Barry LePatner Many millions are wasted every year on building, extending and fixing information systems that either do not perform as expected, do not work at all or are abandoned before they are implemented. Details of the events that contribute are too often shrouded in non-disclosure contracts and confidentiality agreements, the causes of errors never to be aired and analysed by those in a position to prevent si