The Seductive Computer Why IT Systems Always Fail /

IT systems explode budget estimates, bust production deadlines by years, and then fail to work properly. Why this IT-system crisis? Poor programmers? Inadequate project management? No.  The Seductive Computer argues that the fundamental nature of programming technology itself is the real culprit; it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Partridge, Derek (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Computers and civilization.
Electronic data processing-Management.
Computers.
Professions.
Software engineering.
Application software.
Computers and Society.
IT Operations.
The Computing Profession.
Software Engineering.
Computer and Information Systems Applications.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • I The Joy Of Programming
  • 2. The Happy Hacker: Love At First Byte
  • 3. The Reluctant Programmer
  • 4. Cooking Up Programs
  • 5. Recipes For What?
  • 6. Programs: The Good, The Bad And The Verified
  • 7. Going To Ground With Symbols
  • 8. Hooptedoodle 1 - The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Science
  • 9. The Soft Machine
  • 10. Computers Only Do What You Tell Them To Do
  • 11. Hooptedoodle 2 - Recursing Through Tescos
  • II The Way Of The Seducer
  • 12. Intimate Relationships Of The Computational Kind
  • 13. Programming With Flair
  • 14. Hooptedoodle 3 - The Seductive Gene
  • 15. Runaway Programs - Dr Frankenstein's Predicament
  • 16. Sneakaway Programs - Everybody's Predicament
  • 17. Hooptedoodle 4 - Bases For Data Security
  • 18. The Roles Of Software In Society
  • III Pieces Of Resistance
  • 19. Help From Within
  • 20. A Moderately Stupid Assistant
  • 21. Watching Programs Work - Support For Voyeurism
  • 22. Classical Reconditioning: Doing What Happens Naturally
  • 23. A Computer That Knows When It's Wrong
  • IV The End Of The Affair
  • 24. Analysis & Counselling
  • 25.Epilogic.

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