21CTO

Apr 3, 2019 · Operations

Why Software Quality Fails: Black Swans, Butterfly Effects, and Technical Debt

The article explores how unpredictable black‑swan events, the butterfly effect, Murphy's law, rapid business growth, technical debt, tool choices, complex domains, documentation, and leadership all combine to threaten software stability, and proposes agile, systematic, and quality‑centric approaches to mitigate these risks.