[LINK] Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?

[Linda Rouse]

Whilst on the topic (sort of) of IT failures... I guess most Linkers 
are familiar with
'Pessimism as an Information System Management Tool in the Public 
Sector: Lessons from the INCIS Fiasco in the New Zealand Police 
Force'  by Tony Dale et al..
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/research/reports/TechReps/2002/tr_0202.pdf

Bernard wrote:
>What does not seem to be appreciated by many in the ICT and/or 
>education worlds is that today's complex systems are more than 
>technology and/or software.
>
>What I do not see is an education system that promotes "system" 
>development and thinking (I use quotes to differentiate from System 
>Engineering that has a very strong engineering, technical and 
>mathematical focus).
>
>The Access Card project failed because the system that was the 
>project was a failure, not the system itself. Mind you, the fact 
>that nobody could define the system itself didn't help.

Essential reading for Knowledge managers lessons learned...!
regards
Linda
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