Sunday, May 13, 2012

Chapter 7: Case Study

Boeing Dream liner Faces a few bumps in the road

Questions to Consider

1. Is this example of software problems holding up the introduction of a major new product and impacting a firm’s customers and suppliers unusual, or is it a common occurrence?

Ans: I think it is common occurrence because software problem will probably occur and we cannot know where it will happen because nobody in this world is perfect. So the least you can do is just study again your software and detect the problems to have a good finish result.

2. What can organizations do to reduce the negative consequences of software development problems in the production of their products and the operation of their business processes and facilities?.

Ans: In order to do that the organizations must check their all software's if it have a problem, check also their product and explain it to the people the way the people will understand their problem it it will not change their mind to trust this organizations.

  
Patriot Missiles Failure



Questions to Consider



1. With the benefit of hindsight, what steps could have been taken during development of the Patriot software to avoid the problems that led to the loss of life? Do you think these steps would have improved the Patriot’s effectiveness enough to make it obvious that the missile was a strong deterrent against the Scud? Why or why not?

Ans: The steps that the developer should have to do is first check their patriot software have a testing operation before you lunch your software to the public and always secure your software to have a good result.

2. What ethical decisions do you think the U.S. military made in choosing to deploy the Patriot missile to Israel and Saudi Arabia and in reporting the effectiveness of the Patriot system?


Ans: I think they choose to deploy the Patriot missile to Israel and Saudi Arabia because it is a deserted country and I think they deploy it in here to have a low casualties if something must happen.

3. What key lessons from this example of safety-critical software development could be applied to the development of business information system software?.

Ans: The lesson that can be applies to development of business information system software is always secure your software and always check the software and always leave it to the professionals to do their job to have a good business information system software result. 

  

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