[Colloq] CCIS Colloquium

[Chantal Cardona]

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*College** of **Computer** and Information Science Colloquium*

 

Presents:

*Scott Berkin*

 

Who will speak on:

*Why Software Sucks and What to Do About It*

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*/Tuesday, October 11, 2005/**//*

*/3:25pm/**//*

*/10 Behrakis/*

*/Northeastern University/*

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_Abstract_:

No one makes bad software on purpose. No programmer has

ever intended to frustrate people or make them cry. But we've all used

our share of bad, even evil, software. Why does it happen? What do

programmers, designers and leaders need to know to make decent,  good or

even great software? This fun and interactive talk  diagnoses the main

causes and then goes beyond the bad, exploring  how good and great

things are made. See http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay46.htm 

 

_Bio_:

Scott Berkun is an independent consultant and software development

veteran. He worked at Microsoft (1994-2003) on Internet Explorer

versions 1.0 to 5.0, Windows and MSN. He spent two years in Microsoft's

Engineering Excellence group as a consultant and best practices

evangelist. He is the author of the best-selling book "The Art of

Project Management" (http://www.artofpm.com), O'Reilly (2005), all about

leading and managing software development. He writes about software

development and design at http://www.scottberkun.com, and will be giving

away signed copies of the book at the talk.

 





Host: Peter Tarasewich