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Opinion Aug 1 1999

Practical Programmer: Buzzwordism and the Epic $150 Million Software Debacle

"It was a classic example of two common human behaviors; a willingness to abdicate common sense when presented with a sure thing, and a failure to respond when faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary." —Chris Craddock, in "The REAL Inside Story of Westpac's CS90," the Software Practitioner, March 1999.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jun 1 1999

Practical Programmer: Is Criticism of Computing Academe Inevitably Divisive?

I was talking to a computer science professor the other day, expressing some of the same opinions that I tend to share in this column—a belief in software practice and practitioners, a concern for some of the directions being taken in computing academe, and a particular concern for what I call the "communication chasm" that […]

Computing Applications

Opinion Apr 1 1999

Practical Programmer: Inspections?Some Surprising Findings

"You can see a lot just by observing" —Attributed to Yogi Berra

Computing Applications

Practice Feb 1 1999

The Realities of Software Technology Payoffs

Too few studies, and the benefits don't match the claims.

Computing Applications