[Elecraft] (no subject)

Mon Nov 4 03:29:01 2002

Software technology has moved a long way since the the days of the cited 
project.  We now have compilers which create relocatable code, we have 
the object oriented paradigm, we have benefitted from De Marco and 
others who developed the structured analysis and structured design 
paradgms.  We have benefitted from the work of Wirth and many others who 
laid many of the foundations of OO programming.  What needs to be 
remembered is that good project management has to accompany sound system 
development and programming technology.  Good project management is 
where many projects today fall down.

I will not rant on, but as a founding but retired director of the 
International Software Benchmarking Standards Group I believe software 
project management is getting a lot better, and is certainly a lot 
better than what it was 20 or so years ago, and I am very optimistic 
about the future for software.  If only the cowboy project managers 
would take heed.

73
Kevin
VK3DAP

Eric Manning wrote:
> 
> Steve said:
> 
> Today we have an option not enjoyed then.....
> 
>         "fix it in software"
> 
> I just wonder how may recent projects have been saved by this option?
> 
> _____________
> 
> A good point, but sometimes it has worked the other way. The Nr 1 
> Electronic Switching System was AT&T's first production, software 
> controlled telephone switch. The great idea was to be able to add 
> features and fix bugs by "just changing software".
> 
> Well, a few hundred thousand lines of unrelocatable, hard to uinderstand 
> assembly code followed. The next dictum from management was " Redesign 
> the hardware if you like, but DO NOT touch the [unprintable] software." 
> Software changes were just too difficult, and had too many unpredicted 
> consequences, to permit any further changes to  the code.
> 
> I'm sure that this does NOT apply to our K2, though.
> 
> 

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