Software engineering under deadline pressure
Scott H. Costello · ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes · 1984
Good software engineering methodology can be rendered ineffective by the presence of deadline pressure. A simple model is developed to explain the possible responses to deadline pressure and to show that there is a tendency to divert resources away from software engineering activities under such conditions. Management is identified as being responsible for ensuring that software engineering activities are given adequate resources. A managerial strategy for achieving these ends is suggested.