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Five Ways to Destroy a Development Project
September/October 1993 (vol. 10 no. 5)
pp. 55-58
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David R. Lindstrom, "Five Ways to Destroy a Development Project," IEEE Software, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 55-58, September/October, 1993.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/52.232400,
author = {David R. Lindstrom},
title = {Five Ways to Destroy a Development Project},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {10},
number = {5},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {1993},
pages = {55-58},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/52.232400},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Software
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KW - system engineering; front-end development; tracing; tracking; software requirements; sizing; target hardware; test methodologies; software development; metrics program; software production; project management; software engineering
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The author discusses five problems that can contribute to a software project's failure. The five pitfalls are: inadequate system engineering during the proposal and during front-end development; inadequate tracing, tracking, and management of system and software requirements; improper sizing of the target hardware; selection of design, production, and integration and test methodologies that are inappropriate to a large software development; and failure to provide a metrics program that would let managers track the progress of software production and test.

Index Terms:
system engineering; front-end development; tracing; tracking; software requirements; sizing; target hardware; test methodologies; software development; metrics program; software production; project management; software engineering
Citation:
David R. Lindstrom, "Five Ways to Destroy a Development Project," IEEE Software, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 55-58, Sept.-Oct. 1993, doi:10.1109/52.232400
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