At the beginning of every decade, it's customary to peer into the future and make bold predictions about the likely developments in virtually every aspect of human endeavor. Given the rapid rate of progress in the computer field, it's particularly common to see such periodic predictions about the future of hardware, programming languages, and other aspects of the IT profession.
The Influence of Y2K on Software Development Mega Trends
By Ed Yourdon
Posted December 31, 1999 | Leadership |
About The Author
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
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