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Article: Quality software quest. (computer-aided software engineering methodologies)
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- Software Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 1988
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QUALITY SOFTWARE QUEST
Software development has always been a seat-of-the-pants endeavor, driven by users' needs and programmers' creativity. "It's more art than science," says Bill Georges, manager of systems at New York City's Yashiva University. But the ad hoc, freewheeling style of software makers has spawned a crisis.
Computer hardware price/performance has improved by several orders of magnitude over the last three decades. Hardware speed and power are growing at an annual rate of some 30%. But software development productivity remains in the doldrums, increasing at only 4% a year, according to a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) study.
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