The Dark Side of Software Engineering

Betrayal! Corruption! Software engineering? Industry experts Johann Rost and Robert L. Glass explore the seamy underbelly of software engineering in this timely report on and analysis of the prevalance of subversion, lying, hacking, and espionage on every level of software project management. Based on the authors’ original research and augmented by frank discussion and insights from other well-respected figures, The Dark Side of Software Engineering goes where other management studies fear to tread — a corporate environment where schedules are fabricated, trust is betrayed, millions of dollars are lost, and there is a serious need for the kind of corrective action that this book ultimately proposes.

Author Biography

Johann Rost has worked in the software industry for twentyyears. He has taught at the University of Applied Science atBingen, Germany, and at Politehnica University at Bucharest,Romania. Robert L. Glass is the author of twenty-eight books oncomputing subjects, including the bestselling Facts and Fallaciesof Software Engineering. He has written nearly one hundred articleson computing subjects and has served as a columnist for threeleading publications Communications of the ACM (“ThePractical Programmer”), IEEE Software (“The Loyal Opposition”), andInformation Systems Management (“Through a Glass, Darkly”).