Software Best Practices

I don't see the point in an organization claiming that they are using the X life cycle model. It is not something to be proud of or something to be ashamed of. The main point when choosing a life cycle model is to choose the one that suits your project and your organization. You should also modify...

We see this commonly in the U.S. too. In fact I've joked that this explains the real difference between the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s: In the 1980s developers paid lip service to structured methods, but really just hacked. In the 1990s developers paid lip service to object oriented methods but really...

Well, maybe not all of them. Some are so pretty, that uniform cascading of well ordered tasks trickling downhill to perfectly coincide with the deadline. Get color prints made, frame them, and hang them as abstract art. Don’t use them to manage your software development. Balance is an important part...

I really do. I mean, all those details you have to keep track of. Everybody coming up and asking you questions like you have some clue about what is really going on. And of course you pretend like you do. "Why, were are three days away from the googoo gate." What I really want to say is, "I...