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Guide to Software Systems Development - Connecting Novel Theory and Current Practice (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Guide to Software Systems Development - Connecting Novel Theory and Current Practice (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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This book argues that the key problems of software systems
development (SSD) are socio-technical rather than purely technical
in nature. Software systems are unique. They are the only human
artefacts that are both intangible and determinant. This presents
unprecedented problems for the development process both in
determining what is required and how it is developed. Primarily
this is a problem of communications between stakeholders and
developers, and of communications within the development team.
Current solutions are not only inadequate in expressing the
technical problem, they also evade the communications problems
almost entirely. Whilst the book addresses the theoretical aspects
of the process, its fundamental philosophy is anchored in the
practical problems of everyday software development. It therefore
offers both a better understanding of the problems of SSD and
practical suggestions of how to deal with those problems. It is
intended as a guide for practising IT project managers,
particularly those who are relatively new to the position or do not
have a strong IT development background. The book will also benefit
students in computing and computer-related disciplines who need to
know how to develop high quality systems. Software systems
development (particularly of large projects) has a notoriously poor
track record of delivering projects on time, on budget, and of
meeting user needs. Proponents of software engineering suggest that
this is because too few project managers actually comply with the
disciplines demanded of the process. It is time to ask the
question, if this is the case, why might this be? Perhaps instead,
it is not the project managers who are wrong, but the definition of
the process. The new understanding of the SSD presented here offers
alternative models that can help project managers address the
difficulties they face and better achieve the targets they are set.
This book argues that time is up for the software engineering
paradigm of SSD and that it should be replaced with a
socio-technical paradigm based on open systems thinking.
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