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Management of computer programmers

Published: 14 May 1969 Publication History

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The problems of managing programmers have been growing rapidly in recent years. The specific issues referred to are the increasing costs of programming and the failure to complete projects when scheduled or needed. This paper proposes more effective supervision of programmers together with improved management policies and procedures as steps to reduce the effects of these growing trends in programming projects. These problems have resulted, in part, from the shortage of qualified personnel, the rapidly changing technology, and the management personnel in the computer center. This paper does not deal with the problem of project management, that has been dealt with elsewhere, but rather the supervisory processes involved in the management of computer programmers.

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AFIPS '69 (Spring): Proceedings of the May 14-16, 1969, spring joint computer conference
May 1969
902 pages
ISBN:9781450379021
DOI:10.1145/1476793
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Association for Computing Machinery

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Published: 14 May 1969

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