<s>
Software	B-Application
crisis	I-Application
is	O
a	O
term	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
computing	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
writing	O
useful	O
and	O
efficient	O
computer	O
programs	O
in	O
the	O
required	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
crisis	I-Application
was	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
rapid	O
increases	O
in	O
computer	O
power	O
and	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
problems	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
tackled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
software	B-Application
crisis	I-Application
"	O
was	O
coined	O
by	O
some	O
attendees	O
at	O
the	O
first	O
NATO	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Engineering	I-Application
Conference	I-Application
in	O
1968	O
at	O
Garmisch	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
causes	O
of	O
the	O
software	B-Application
crisis	I-Application
were	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
overall	O
complexity	O
of	O
hardware	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
processes	O
and	O
methodologies	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
over	O
the	O
last	O
few	O
decades	O
to	O
improve	O
software	B-Application
quality	I-Application
management	I-Application
such	O
as	O
procedural	B-Application
programming	I-Application
and	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
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