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Evolutionary system development

Published: 01 December 2008 Publication History

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Large systems projects are failing at an alarming rate. It's time to take evolutionary design methods off the shelf.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 51, Issue 12
Surviving the data deluge
December 2008
126 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1409360
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Published: 01 December 2008
Published in CACM Volume 51, Issue 12

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