Lizard Oratory Inc.

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at the Lizard Oratory software development company and its skunk work style. The paper focuses on one of Lizard Oratory's primary products, Oratory on Demand, that was proven to have development and coding flaws. The paper discusses how the company's deficient software development requirements caused a serious financial loss. The paper also offers recommendations to ensure resilience and sustainability for the company.

From the Paper:

"An information system is the consolidation of hardware, software, network, data, processes and most of all people handling the systems, in order to gain business objectives by automating business processes. Aligned with the implementation of information systems is information technology, the capability of translating the business processes into automated and electronic input, process, store and output conditions. Most of modern business - whether small, medium or large - are dependent on information technology and information systems to streamline their operations and produce detailed and improved outputs."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Software Engineering Institute - Carnegie Mellon University. (2005). Capability Maturity Model(r) Integration (CMMI(r)) Overview. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Mellon University.
• Software Engineering Institute - Carnegie Mellon University. (2002). CMMISM for systems engineering, software engineering, integrated product and process development, and supplier sourcing (CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS, V1.1) - continuous representation. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Mellon University.
• Software Engineering Institute - Carnegie Mellon University. (2002). CMMISM for systems engineering, software engineering, integrated product and process development, and supplier sourcing (CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS, V1.1) - staged representation. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Mellon University.
• U.S. Department of Justice. (2003, Jan.). The Department of Justice systems development life cycle guidance document. [Online] Retrieved Nov. 20, 2007 from the Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/irm/lifecycle/table.htm.

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