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'''Small Matter of Programming''' ('''SMOP''') was among the "games" described, in an article written under the [[pseudonym]] {{Citation | last = Shedley | first = Ethan I. | authorlink = [[Ethan I. Shedley]] | title = Big System Games | magazine = [[Datamation]] | volume = 17 | issue = 7 | pages = 22-25 | publisher = Technical Publishing Company, 1301 South Grove Ave., Barrington, Illinois 60010 | date = April 1, 1971 }}, as parallelling the ''[[Games People Play (book)|Games People Play]]'' identified by Dr. [[Eric Berne]] in the field of self-help psychology. The game essentially consists of proposing seemingly simple adjustments to a design, and leaving to someone else the problem of fitting the unexpected consequences into the schedule.

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