[Year 12 SofDev] Software Horror Stories

[Mark]

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/air-traffic-control/

"At any given time, around 7,000 aircraft are flying over the United
States. For the past 40 years, the same computer system has controlled all
that high-altitude traffic—a relic of the 1970s known as Host."

It is being replaced, but, "But implementation has been a mess, with a
cascade of delays, revisions, and unforeseen problems."

It's five years late and $500 million over budget.

And it's buggy: "the system crashed ... when a military U-2 jet entered its
airspace—the spy plane cruises at 60,000 feet, twice the altitude of
commercial airliners, and its flight plan caused a software glitch that
overloaded the system."

And as for communications, "if you purchase Wi-Fi in coach, you're pretty
much better off than the pilot."

I love software horror stories.

It's a good thing project management returns to the IT curriculum next year.
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Mark Kelly
mark AT vceit DOT com
http://vceit.com
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