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Topic: team programming
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Group:
software maintenance
Topic:
Cleanroom software development
Topic:
extreme programming
Topic:
management of large software projects
Topic:
software management
Topic:
programmer productivity
Topic:
public domain software
Topic:
software review
Summary
Several formal methods help manage large software projects. The best known is chief programmer teams where teams are lead by a chief programmer and supported by a program librarian, and designer. A similar technique is a meta-programmer who organizes and instructs staff programmers. A less constraining method is design and program reviews which maintain standards, communicate information, and help in eye-ball debugging. A dangerous tendency in large projects is a staff too large for effective communication. (cbb 5/80)
Subtopic: chief programmer team
Quote: should have lean staffing during design phase [»boehBW_1979] Quote: the program designer must impose performance constraints on the analyst; requires a preliminary design before analysis begins [»roycWW8_1970]
Subtopic: meta-programming
QuoteRef: bakeFT12_1973 ;;61 chief programmer team--information system for NY times 83000 lines of language source in 11 man-years (over 2 years) first error after running two years, had only 11 errors all told QuoteRef: bakeFT_1972 ;;342 NY Times system 83k lines 21 errors found in acceptance testing and 25 errors found during operation took 125 man-months QuoteRef: wegnP12_1976 ;;1221 New York Times project "maintenance and modifiability of the completed program was unsatisfactory"
Quote: meta-programs specify programming tasks; primary communication from meta-programmer to technicians [»simoC12_1976] Quote: meta-programs allow a wheel network organization; reduces number of communication channels and centralizes language creation
[»simoC12_1976]
Group: organizations (19 topics, 439 quotes)
Group: software maintenance (14 topics, 368 quotes)Topic: Cleanroom software development (38 items)
Topic: extreme programming (6 items)
Topic: management of large software projects (63 items)
Topic: software management (28 items)
Topic: programmer productivity (57 items)
Topic: public domain software (9 items)
Topic: software review
(80 items)