Software development: advice by analogy

  • Authors:
  • P. Salenieks

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, University College of Swansea, Wales, U.K.

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

This paper draws an analogy between software development and mountaineering, suggesting how exponents of the former can learn from the experiences of the latter. The advice given is illustrated by triumphs and tragedies described in the mountaineering and computing literature.