The Seductive Computer Why IT Systems Always Fail /

• Main Author: Partridge, Derek (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computers and civilization.; Management information systems.; Computers.; Computer Science.; Computers and Society.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; The Computing Profession.; Software Engineering.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

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...