One page essay

CSE 435 Software Engineering Fall 2017

Homework 2 — Silver Bullet

Due: September 20, 2017

This assignment focuses on the software challenges of today and the future.

Read the article by Fred Brooks (“No Silver Bullet”) and read Chapters 1-3 of the Ultra-Large Scale report to address the following points in a 1-page essay.

Summary of Brooks article:

1. What did Brooks mean by “Silver Bullet”

2. Summarize and contrast his meanings for the essence and the accidental diffi- culties of (software) technology.

Describe challenges posed by future ultra-large scale (ULS) systems:

1. Describe difficulties posed by ULS systems.

2. What are the potential accidental difficulties posed by ULS systems?

3. What are the “hopes for the silver” for ULS systems?

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