5.15. Software and Hollywood Movies
The current climate in IT sees companies going out of business and laying off thousands of people every week. There is a lot of pressure to rush projects just to get them out the door. It is easy to think that there is a lot of code you've already got lying around that can be cut and pasted, and not plan sufficiently for the details of this system. The methods described in this chapter are fairly complex and require some ramping up. Sometimes we get away with it, sometimes not. Users suffer in a poorly planned system. Software must be planned.
Software lacking well-thought-out use cases is generally difficult to use. It is like a punishing art film where nothing happens. The audience is left out so the director ...
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