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Inside a Secret Software Laboratory
Christine Grimm
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Description for Inside a Secret Software Laboratory
paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: UMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
How does one of the world’s biggest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suppliers develop software? How do Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and Co really work? Christine Grimm presents a first-hand account of a social researcher who entered the software laboratory of one of the biggest ERP providers. Presenting an in-depth ethnography on how people act within such labs, she reveals the highly unexpected social character of programming and shows how the vendor reorganizes himself to find new ways to respond to the expectations of the market. Furthermore, the author highlights the informal practices when an ERP system, as a defective or incomplete ... Read more
How does one of the world’s biggest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suppliers develop software? How do Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and Co really work? Christine Grimm presents a first-hand account of a social researcher who entered the software laboratory of one of the biggest ERP providers. Presenting an in-depth ethnography on how people act within such labs, she reveals the highly unexpected social character of programming and shows how the vendor reorganizes himself to find new ways to respond to the expectations of the market. Furthermore, the author highlights the informal practices when an ERP system, as a defective or incomplete ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
Wiesbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783834933867
SKU
V9783834933867
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About Christine Grimm
Dr. Christine Grimm received her PhD in interdisciplinary research from the University of Edinburgh. She works as a senior researcher in the research laboratory of a software provider.
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