• DocumentCode
    1525383
  • Title

    Beyond Dilbert: creating cultures that work [software industry]

  • Author

    Mackey, Karen

  • Author_Institution
    Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale CA, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    The author discusses some of the problems related to the software crisis. The world needs far more software than we can produce. Clearly, the current market demands and the increasing rate of technology change create an unrelenting pressure. We face a related crisis in our workplace cultures. Many software jobs have such high stress and punishing hours that they crush morale, deplete personal lives, and compromise health. The author considers some solutions to the problems of today´s software workplace
  • Keywords
    DP industry; human factors; human resource management; personnel; software development management; health; market demands; software crisis; software industry; software jobs; software workplace; technology change; workplace culture; Assembly; Computer industry; Employment; Engineering management; Humans; Milling machines; Occupational stress; Power system management; Productivity; Programming; Software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.646880
  • Filename
    646880