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This chapter gives an overview of the crisis phenomenon considering the effects of humans on the development of software systems. First, it highlights how the crisis emerged and how the discipline of software engineering arose as a measure to manage this crisis. Further, it discusses how we can compare software development to manufacturing of material products. The chapter also focuses on the birth and evolution of software engineering. It deals with myths and reality relating to the crisis, as well as the differences between the lifecycle of software and material systems. Finally, it discusses the methods of crisis management by means of agile software product development.
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Zykov, S., Singh, A. (2020). From Ad Hoc to Agility: A General Framework. In: Agile Enterprise Engineering: Smart Application of Human Factors. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 175. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40989-0_1
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