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From: ffoire@blekko.home.nwu.edu (Jeff Orrok)
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Subject: Re: Software Architecture and Models
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Date: 1 Apr 89 02:14:47 GMT
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Earlier someone wrote something to the effect of "the architect works from
sun to sun, but a S/W-E's work is never done".

Last night I was at a little gathering of friends and was listening to a
former physics-major-become-carpenter describe all of the whimsical changes
of mind that the rich undergo while their dream-houses are being built.
Things like moving a door to the left six inches, lowering the windows a foot,
etc. *after* construction was well underway.  While not being certain, I can
at least guess that on some of these things, the architect will have to be
consulted to determine the effects of the changes and to document them.

A hypothetical extrapolation up to the huge downtown kinds of corporate
buildings suggests to me that architecture is plagued by nearly as many
production time flaws/changes that S/W engineering experiences.

Comments?


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