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A Direct Path to Dependable Software.

The article discusses efforts to make computer software more dependable, examining requirements for computer software developers to produce direct evidence that their software is dependable. Advantages to this approach include greater credibility and reduced costs, the author suggests. Topics includ...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 78 - 89
Main Author: Jackson, Daniel
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Apr2009
Subjects:
Computer software development > Management
Software failures
Computer software industry
Reliability (Personality trait)
Computer programmers
Computer industry
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses efforts to make computer software more dependable, examining requirements for computer software developers to produce direct evidence that their software is dependable. Advantages to this approach include greater credibility and reduced costs, the author suggests. Topics include the lack of databases in the software industry that record the causes or effects of software failure and industry data that would support software developers efforts to improve design and development strategies.