Readings for CS 4500: Software Development

Read in Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month:
- About the Author
- Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Chapter 1: The Tar Pit
- Chapter 2: The Mythical Man-Month
Read Wikipedia's current article on requirements analysis.
Read the part of Wikipedia's current article on specifications that deals with information technology.
Read in Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month:
- Chapter 6: Passing the Word
- Chapter 7: Why Did the Tower of Babel Fall?
The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer
Read in Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month:
- Chapter 8: Calling the Shot
- Chapter 9: Ten Pounds in a Five-Pound Sack
- Chapter 10: The Documentary Hypothesis
- Chapter 3: The Surgical Team
- Chapter 4: Aristocracy, Democracy, and System Design
- Chapter 11: Plan to Throw One Away
- Chapter 13: The Whole and the Parts
- Chapter 14: Hatching a Catastrophe
- Chapter 15: The Other Face
- Chapter 5: The Second-System Effect
- Chapter 12: Sharp Tools
- Chapter 16: No Silver Bullet - Essence and Accident in Software Engineering
- Chapter 17: "No Silver Bullet" Refired

The current Wikipedia article on Luzhanqi.
Wikipedia article on engineering requirements
Wikipedia article on specifications for information technology
ISO 12207 is a standard for software life cycle processes.
Sandra Henry-Stocker's tutorial on named pipes
Rick Newman's article on Why Ford is Dumping Microsoft
Advice on Securing Your Web Browser from Will Dormann and Jason Rafail, available at the US-CERT web site.
Mars Climate Orbiter
The first launch of an Ariane 5 and Wikipedia's summary
MILSTAR 3 launch on 30 April 1999
a Patriot anti-missile missile failed on 25 February 1991
a V-22 Osprey crashed on 5 April 2001 after a hydraulic line ruptured. The pilot reacted properly, but a "computer software anomaly" caused "uncommanded aircraft pitch, roll and yaw motions, which eventually stalled the aircraft."
On 26 September 1983, the Soviet Union's early warning system reported a launch of American Minuteman missiles against the USSR. Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov suspected the software was wrong, and chose not to initiate World War III.

Readings for CS 4500