Prevention is better than the cure
December 2004
The fragility of a system that is being developed or maintained can only be managed if it is measurable. Unfortunately, there is no metric standards for measuring the fragility of a system on a scale from 1 to 10. Nonetheless, there are viable ways to measure the fragility of a system.
The fragility of a system that is being developed or maintained can only be managed if it is measurable. Unfortunately, there is no metric standards for measuring the fragility of a system on a scale from 1 to 10. Nonetheless, there are viable ways to measure the fragility of a system.
Arie van Deursen, co-founder of the Software Improvement Group and a Professor at the Delft University of Technology discusses ways to manage software system fragility.
This article was published on 10 December 2004 in the Automatisering Gids.
Prevention is better than the cure (Dutch - 622 Kb)