End of Software, The: Finding Security, Flexibility, and Profit in the On Demand Future
by Timothy Chou
Chapter 9. Repeal Brooks's Law
Throughout the past five chapters, we have been focused on discussing the challenges of managing the availability, security, performance, problems, and change of software in the field. With increased degrees of standardization, repetition, and automation, we can end people-powered software management. This is true whether a CIO chooses to manage the software herself or a traditional outsourcer moves to using higher degrees of standardization and automation.
This chapter goes back further in the story to the source—to the software company, the author of the software. Many of the challenges software companies face in producing reliable, high-quality software to suit a customer's needs are fundamentally reshaped in ...
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