May 1995 - Vol. 38 No. 5
Features
Over the last 30 years, the American CEO corps has included an astonishingly large percentage of men who piloted bombers during World War II. For some reason not so…
Little engines that could: computing in small energetic countries
How do very small countries, here defined as having fewer than 10 million people, find places for themselves in the information technologies (IT) arena? Does success…
Customer-developer links in software development
Many of the best ideas for new products and product improvements come from the customer or end user of the product [15]. In the software arena, tapping into this source…
Participatory analysis of flexibility
Analysis as part of requirements gathering, conducted according to conventional systems development approaches like structured analysis and object-oriented analysis,…
Using video to re-present the user
Advocates of user-centered design and participatory design, also referred to as “work practice practitioners” include computer scientists, systems designers,…
Creating products customers demand
This article presents a re-engineering case study of the product requirements definition process at Digital Equipment Corporation. Based on cross-functional teams working…
Succeeding as a clandestine change agent
Changing the attitudes and work habits of a large organization is daunting at best. The task is more challenging when the organization perceives itself as eminently…
Self-Assessment Procedure XXIII: programming languages
This is the 23rd Self-Assessment Procedure.1 The purpose of this procedure is to let its readers test their knowledge of some of the more important features of…
C in the first course considered harmful
To advice or not to advise, that is the dilemma. To be or not to be, that is the question. To see or not to see, that is the difficulty.
How to create a successful failure
Many people enjoy working on software projects that wing their way towards failure. After all, troubled projects offer so much more in the way of excitement and…