Events - Colloquia & Seminars

CCIS Colloquium Fall 2005

Why Software Sucks and What to Do About It

Speaker: Scott Berkun

Date: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2005

Talk: 3:25 pm, 10 Behrakis

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.

Biography

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.