THE SOFTWARE HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Software projects fail. More often, it seems, than other kinds of projects. In this Proseminar, students are going to explore their favourite failed software project and try to understand the reasons why it has failed.

More information (concerning the last edition in winter 2004/2005) is available in German.

When: Monday 14:15-16:00

Start: May 9

Where: room 306 of building 36.1

There is a contact-partner for every 'Horror Story' (see above). You must discuss your slides with your contact-partner at least one week before your presentation. You should have all slides finished (powerpoint material or similar respectively) at that time. If there is uncertainty about the structure, you should appear absolutely earlier.

You must hand up a four-pages-composition about the 'Horror Story' at the latest two weeks after your presentation.

Here you can test the "Course Management System".

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hermanns

Dipl.-Inform. Lijun Zhang

Stuff concerning the second part of the seminar can be found on the website of the book 'Concurrency: State Models & Java Programs'.

	Vancouver Stock Exchange Index, 1983
	Mars Climate Orbiters Loss, 1999
	Ariane 5 Rocket Explosion, 1996
	Therac-25 Accidents, 1987
	AT&T Long Distance Service Fail, 1990
	Patriot Missile Failure, 1991
	Chinook Helicopter Crash, 1994
	Denver Airport Baggage Handling Failure, 1995
	Mars Pathfinder Reset, 1997
	The Sinking of Sleipner A Offshore Platform, 1991
	Airbus Crash in Warsaw, 1993
	Railway Signal Box Failure in Hamburg-Altona, 1995
	The Crash of Lauda Air, 1982