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Can we build software faster and better and cheaper?

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Oussama El-Rawas,

Barry BoehmAuthors Info & Claims

PROMISE '09: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Predictor Models in Software Engineering

Article No.: 2, Pages 1 - 9

https://doi.org/10.1145/1540438.1540442

Published: 18 May 2009 Publication History

Abstract

"Faster, Better, Cheaper" (FBC) was a development philosophy adopted by the NASA administration in the mid to late 1990s. that lead to some some dramatic successes such as Mars Pathfinder as well as a number highly publicized mission failures, such as the Mars Climate Orbiter & Polar Lander.

The general consensus on FBC was "Faster, Better, Cheaper? Pick any two". According to that view, is impossibly to optimize on all three criteria without compromising the third. This paper checks that view using an AI search tool called STAR. We show that FBC is indeed feasible and produces similar or better results when compared to other methods However, for FBC to work, there must be a balanced concern and concentration on the quality aspects of a project. If not, "FBC" becomes "CF" (cheaper and faster) with the inevitable lose in project quality.

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Index Terms

Can we build software faster and better and cheaper?
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
    1. Model development and analysis
      1. Model verification and validation
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
      1. Software development methods

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PROMISE '09: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Predictor Models in Software Engineering

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DOI:10.1145/1540438

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