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Informationen zum Autor Johann Rost has worked in the software industry for twenty years. He has taught at the University of Applied Science at Bingen, Germany, and at Politehnica University at Bucharest, Romania. Robert L. Glass is the author of twenty-eight books on computing subjects, including the bestselling Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering. He has written nearly one hundred articles on computing subjects and has served as a columnist for three leading publications-Communications of the ACM ("The Practical Programmer"), IEEE Software ("The Loyal Opposition"), and Information Systems Management ("Through a Glass, Darkly"). Klappentext Betrayal! Corruption! Software engineering?Industry experts Johann Rost and Robert L. Glass explore the seamy underbelly of software engineering in this timely report on and analysis of the prevalance of subversion, lying, hacking, and espionage on every level of software project management. Based on the authors' original research and augmented by frank discussion and insights from other well-respected figures, The Dark Side of Software Engineering goes where other management studies fear to tread -- a corporate environment where schedules are fabricated, trust is betrayed, millions of dollars are lost, and there is a serious need for the kind of corrective action that this book ultimately proposes. Zusammenfassung Betrayal! Corruption! Software engineering?Industry experts Johann Rost and Robert L. Glass explore the seamy underbelly of software engineering in this timely report on and analysis of the prevalance of subversion, lying, hacking, and espionage on every level of software project management. Based on the authors' original research and augmented by frank discussion and insights from other well-respected figures, The Dark Side of Software Engineering goes where other management studies fear to tread -- a corporate environment where schedules are fabricated, trust is betrayed, millions of dollars are lost, and there is a serious need for the kind of corrective action that this book ultimately proposes. Inhaltsverzeichnis FOREWORD ( Linda Rising ). INTRODUCTION. I.1 What's the Dark Side? I.1.1 Why the Dark Side? I.1.2 Who Cares About the Dark Side? I.1.3 How Dark is the Dark Side? I.1.4 What Else is on the Dark Side? I.1.5 Ethics and the Dark Side. I.1.6 Personal Anecdotes About the Dark Side. Reference. PART 1: DARK SIDE ISSUES. CHAPTER 1 SUBVERSION. 1.1 Introductory Case Studies and Anecdotes. 1.1.1 A Faculty Feedback System. 1.1.2 An Unusual Cooperative Effort. 1.1.3 Lack of Cooperation due to Self Interest. 1.1.4 An Evil Teammate. 1.1.5 Thwarting the Evil Union. 1.2 The Survey: Impact of Subversive Stakeholders On Software Projects. 1.2.1 Introduction. 1.2.2 The Survey. 1.2.3 The Survey Findings. 1.2.4 Conclusions. 1.2.5 Impact on Practice. 1.2.6 Impact on Research. 1.2.7 Limitations. 1.2.8 Challenges. 1.2.9 Acknowledgments. 1.3 Selected Responses. 1.3.1 Sample Answers to the Question: "What Were the Motivations and Goals of the Subversive Stakeholders?" 1.3.2 Sample Answers to the Question "How Were the Subversive Attacks Discovered?" 1.3.3 Sample Answers to the Question "How Can Projects be Defended Against Subversive Stakeholders?" 1.4 A Follow-Up to the Survey: Some Hypotheses and Related Survey Findings. References. CHAPTER 2 LYING. 2.1 Introductory Case Studies and Anecdotes. 2.2 Incidents of Lying: The Survey. 2.2.1 The Survey Results. 2.2.2 General Scope. 2.2.3 An Overview of the Problem. 2.2.4 Clarifi cation of Terms. 2.2.5 Discussion. 2.2.6 Conclusions. 2.2.7 Limitations. 2...
