Talk:Stovepipe system

Stovepipes are “systems procured and developed to solve a specific problem, characterized by a limited focus and functionality, and containing data that cannot be easily shared with other systems.” (DOE 1999)

DOE. Committee to Assess the Policies and Practices of the Department of Energy, Improving Project Management in the Department of Energy, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1999, page 133.

what is the origin of the word? and how did it come to characterize inflexible, old applications?

metaphor please.
just to amplify the preceding comment. i think whenever an apparently metaphorical term is a central element of an article the metaphor should be explained (and if there actually isn't a metaphor, that should be explained too). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.38.203.239 (talk) 22:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC).


 * I'm pretty sure this is a metaphor! I don't think the phrase is limited to systems that are actually made of bits of cast iron and tin.  :-)  But yes, can anyone elaborate on the origins?  &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 23:29, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

How is this an example of software brittleness? The "anti-pattern" presented here doesn't appear to suggest anything about the underlying system's reliability/robustness, just it's isolation. 108.178.118.147 (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Military tent stoves!
You know how old stovepipes look? They are full of dents and are all slightly oval in different proportions, so that only a specific piece will fit to the next, even if the pieces vere originally intended to be interchangeable.

Hence, it translates to a system that is supposed to use standard components and implement standard interfaces, but in the end, the used components need to be of a specific implementation and interfaces deviate grossly from the documentation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.195.29.218 (talk) 14:06, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Stovepiping means putting systems in series in IT
In IT parlance it has nothing to do with not sharing info with others. It has negative connotations for completely different reasons: it is about parallel versus serial processing. AverageTurkishJoe (talk) 00:59, 18 July 2018 (UTC)