Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Engineering
December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Code
Here are the most frequently forgotten fundamental facts about software engineering. Some are of vital importance—we forget them at considerable risk.
via Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Engineering.
Very interesting list of easily forgotten ideas. I hesitate to outright call them “facts” since there’s so little real research in programming (and even the author says they might be figments of his imagination. One of the most annoying things about the computer field is how much we reinvent things and forget old lessons so lists like this and discussions on the topics are always valuable if they keep things from being forgotten.
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December 7th, 2009 at 12:01 am
You could check Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by the same Robert L. Glass: http://www.amazon.com/Facts-Fallacies-Software-Engineering-Robert/dp/0321117425. The book has a discussion, controversy and bibliography sources for every one of the 55 facts and 5+5 fallacies.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Thanks for the pointer to the book Alan. I think I might have to get that. Maybe my knocking of the use of “fact” was premature.