Case Scenario Analysis... Who Will Pay the Price for Flawed Software? honny works as a programmer for
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Case Scenario Analysis... Who Will Pay the Price for Flawed Software? honny works as a programmer for a major software company. The company, Cyber soft, is launching itself to be a major Internet-based platform developer and it is soon to launch a Web initiative. Jhonny is involved in the development of a crucial component of the initiative. The company has trust in Jhonny for he has worked for it since he left college 15 years ago. Since his arrival at the company, Jhonny has pioneered a number of major software development projects. Jhonny has followed, and is very much aware of, the losses suffered by other businesses due to defective software. He even knows that in 2000, US companies suffered a whopping $100 billion loss due to bad software. He and his company, Cybersoft, are determined to target quality as the major focus of their new Web initiative. Jhonny dreams of the success of the Web initiative and the recognition it might bring both to his company and him. However, a few days before the launch of the much-awaited initiative, as Jhonny makes his final quality checks, he discovers a flaw in the core component of the initiative whose magnitude he could not determine. To do so would mean a few weeks' delay at best, a major blow to the company's efforts. The company had mounted an advertising blitz on all major media outlets. Even a few weeks' delays would cause major financial losses and the public's loss of confidence in the right company. This must never happen. Questions:
1. Is Johnny wrong?
2. What damage would Cybersoft have suffered had there been a delay?
3. What do you think would have been the right course of action for Jhonny and Cybersoft?
4. Can you estimate the damage
Accounting Information Systems
ISBN: 978-0133428537
13th edition
Authors: Marshall B. Romney, Paul J. Steinbart