The Adventures of Ricky and Stick
• Book
This book is a brief, illustrated excursion into the complexities of the software acquisition process.
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
This book isn't an official guide to best practice, and it certainly isn't a textbook. But in a kind of off-beat way, it's an entertaining yet insightful look at some of the things that can really happen in software acquisition; each fable is based on true examples where our acquisition system has broken down.
Cite This Book
@book{carney_2009,
author={Carney, David and Biber, David},
title={The Adventures of Ricky and Stick},
month={{Jun},
year={{2009},
howpublished={Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-adventures-of-ricky-and-stick/},
note={Accessed: 2025-Nov-10}
}