Software engineering under deadline pressure

  • Authors:
  • Scott H. Costello

  • Affiliations:
  • Sperry Corporation, St. Paul, MN

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
  • Year:
  • 1984

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Abstract

Good software engineering methodology can be rendered ineffective by the presence of deadline pressure. A simple model is developed to explain the possible responses to deadline pressure and to show that there is a tendency to divert resources away from software engineering activities under such conditions. Management is identified as being responsible for ensuring that software engineering activities are given adequate resources. A managerial strategy for achieving these ends is suggested.