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Computers in Context

The Philosophy and Practice of System Design

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"Dahlbom and Mathiassen have written a pathbreaking book about software development in a meaningful human context. They examine key assumptions about the role of software developers, and their relationship to culture and work in a way which touches everyday practice and which can subtly transform it. It should be read by every practicing software developer." – Rob Kling, University of California, Irvine

"I enjoyed this book. It is both more amusing and more challenging than the usual books on system design." – Joseph A. Goguen, University of Oxford.

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When software systems are delivered too late, when they fail to meet the needs of their users, when only a fraction of their capacity is used, when their maintenance costs more than their development, when changes are impossible -- then there is a frantic search for new and better engineering techniques and tools. Les mer

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When software systems are delivered too late, when they fail to meet the needs of their users, when only a fraction of their capacity is used, when their maintenance costs more than their development, when changes are impossible -- then there is a frantic search for new and better engineering techniques and tools. Dahlbom ande Mathiassen advocate a different approach to these problems: pausing and reflection. Surprisingly little time in the education of systems developers is devoted to a consideration of the methods, goals and politics of computerization. The core of the book is an examination of the notion of quality itself. The effective computer professional must arrive at his or her sense of what quality can and should mean in a particular situation in order to resolve the inevitable creative tensions between the nature of people and that of computers, between structured systems and the process of change. The authors draw on a rich range of literature from philosophy, organizational theory, and technology and social change to support their points. But, adducing many real--life examples they avoid jargon and presuppose no formal background.
Computer in Context will help students, computer professionals, and managers alike understand better what it is they are trying to do with computer systems, how and why.

Detaljer

Forlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Innbinding
Paperback
Språk
Engelsk
Sider
320
ISBN
9781557864055
Utgivelsesår
1993
Format
23 x 15 cm

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«

"Dahlbom and Mathiassen have written a pathbreaking book about software development in a meaningful human context. They examine key assumptions about the role of software developers, and their relationship to culture and work in a way which touches everyday practice and which can subtly transform it. It should be read by every practicing software developer." – Rob Kling, University of California, Irvine

"I enjoyed this book. It is both more amusing and more challenging than the usual books on system design." – Joseph A. Goguen, University of Oxford.

»

Kunders vurdering

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EgilO – 06.06.2005

– Professor i filosofi og informasjonsteknologi Bo Dahlbom, og professor i matematikk og computer vitenskap Lars Mathiassen har skrevet denne boken, som ble utgitt i 1992.
Forfatterne beskriver to forskjellige verdenssyn. Det mekanistiske verdenssynet fokuserer på verden som objektiv og stabil, der man kan finne en sannhet basert på matematiske formler. Det romantiske ser på verden som kompleks, full av motsetninger og strid, og der sannheten er individuelt basert. Ut i fra dette beskriver de tre typer systemtenkninger; Hard (basert på det mekanistiske verdensbildet), Soft og dialektisk (som er basert på en dialektisk syntese mellom det mekaniske og det romantiske verdensbildet). Disse tre tenkningene skaper så tre strategier; konstruksjon, evolusjon og intervensjon.
Det spesielle og essensielle med denne boken er at den foretar en dyp og reflektert analyse av systemutvikling i den vestlige verden etter den industrielle revolusjonen. Vesten er tydelig preget av mekanistisk tenkning, basert på årsak-virknings paradigmet, og forfatterne fremskaffer et alternativ; intervensjon, som består i at motsetningene oppsøkes og diskusjon skapes. Vi som politiske agenter stiller viktige spørsmål knyttet til endringen i organisajonen som skal implementere et nytt system. Boken har fått en pragmatisk oppfølger i Mathiassen/Stage/Nielsen og Madsens Object-Oriented Analysis & Design fra Marko Forlag

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