Software Evolution as the Key to Productivity

Nierstrasz, Oscar (2004). Software Evolution as the Key to Productivity. Radical Innovations of Software and Systems Engineering in the Future, 2941, pp. 274-282. Springer 10.1007/b96009

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Despite the existence of a seemingly continuous stream of new technologies and methods, software productivity remains universally unimpressive. We argue that, as long as industry remains focused on short-term goals, and maintains a technology-centric view of software development, no progress will be made. A clear symptom of this problem is the fact that the metaphors we apply to software development are largely obsolete. Instead of thinking about software as we do about bridges, buildings or hardware components, we should encourage a view of software as a living and evolving entity that is developed and maintained by \it people. We begin with some assertions that are intended as food for thought. We continue by reviewing what we consider to be some of the key difficulties with software development today. We conclude with a few recommendations for research into software practices that take evolution into account.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF)
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF) > Software Composition Group (SCG) [discontinued]

UniBE Contributor:

Nierstrasz, Oscar

Subjects:

000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
500 Science > 510 Mathematics

ISBN:

978-3-540-21179-2

Series:

LNCS

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Manuela Bamert

Date Deposited:

20 Nov 2017 15:46

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:29

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/b96009

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.104663

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/104663

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