Beyond the Mechanical Turk by Jenny Quillien
Channel: ConfEngine
Date: 2013-04-22

The waterfall (mechanical/blueprint) approach to software development allowed us to manage some simple problems (with a couple of variables) such as computerization of credit and debit accounts in banks and some problems with statistics, such as early MIS programs. Far more difficult are problems with a dozen or so variables that interact non-linearly. (For example the life sciences now trying to understanding aging or growth or, for software, trying to develop software that can actually support a changing client culture.) 

On Agile projects we try to organically 'grow' software through iterations and develop robust software. However this is not easy on complex problems. We often find ourselves lacking the right kind of thought process and tools to be able to manage such project. 

Speaker: Jenny Quillien 
Professor of Management, New Mexico Highlands University

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