We live in a world where our conceptual reach is on the verge of exceeding our technological grasp. This is particularly true of the complex systems of systems that we depend on daily for entertainment, communication, power, safety, security, and transportation. As these systems grow in complexity, our ability to build them is increasingly challenged. This presentation asserts that a significant part of the problem resides in a disconnect between two critical development disciplines. The independent evolution of systems and software engineering, the radical changes in our expectation of system performance and behavior, and a form of sibling rivalry between these two young disciplines have contributed significantly to our inability to construct the systems we envision over the next decades.
This presentation will discuss how the characteristics of complex systems have changed the way both systems and software engineering need to be performed, why the disconnect between the two disciplines must be resolved, and suggests ways that reconciliation can be achieved as President Lincoln called for, "With malice toward none; with charity for all; and with firmness in the right.”
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