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Software Failure

An annotated collection of 1 articles on software failure, spanning 2005. Featuring works by Robert N. Charette — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.

Why Software Fails

Robert N. Charette, 2005 · IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 42, No. 9

Charette compiles a catalogue of the largest software disasters in history — Denver's airport baggage system, the IRS modernisation, the FBI Virtual Case File — and extracts the structural reasons behind them. Most failu…