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The One Most Important Thing About Software Development
August 5, 2007 on 8:39 pm | In Uncategorized |I attended miniSPA this year and at the start of the conference we were asked to come up with “the one most important thing someone should know about software development”. This question has been bugging me ever since until I realised that there is no “one most important thing someone should know about software development”. Pattern languages such as Scrum, and practices such as XP will definitely improve your chances of success but every project has its own unique problems. Unfortunately there is no one true thing that will make everything alright - you just have to address these unique problems that exist on each project - switching to Ruby or Erlang or whatever probably won’t help. Incidentally the audience at miniSPA’s conclusion was “its about people not software”.
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The One Most Important Thing About Software Development
August 5, 2007 on 8:39 pm | In Uncategorized |I attended miniSPA this year and at the start of the conference we were asked to come up with “the one most important thing someone should know about software development”. This question has been bugging me ever since until I realised that there is no “one most important thing someone should know about software development”. Pattern languages such as Scrum, and practices such as XP will definitely improve your chances of success but every project has its own unique problems. Unfortunately there is no one true thing that will make everything alright - you just have to address these unique problems that exist on each project - switching to Ruby or Erlang or whatever probably won’t help. Incidentally the audience at miniSPA’s conclusion was “its about people not software”.
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