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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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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London :
Springer London,
2011.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.
