Lessons learned from modeling the dynamics of software development

1 December 1989

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM

Vol. 32 (12) , 1426-1438
https://doi.org/10.1145/76380.76383

Abstract

Software systems development has been plagued by cost overruns, late deliveries, poor reliability, and user dissatisfaction. This article presents a paradigm for the study of software project management that is grounded in the feedback systems principles of system dynamics.

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