Posted on 21 October 2004 under Software Development Aphorisms
If a bunch of programmers are left to their own devices they probably won’t produce very useful software. This is true even for a bunch of really smart programmers.
If a bunch of programmers are left to their own devices they probably won’t produce very useful software. This is true even for a bunch of really smart programmers.
Developing a single feature at a time over multiple (internal) releases is a faster and more successful strategy than developing multiple features in a single big bang release.
The essential ingredients of good software are self-aware teams, reasonable organisation/management skills and a modicum of leadership. Bad software is often caused by poor or negligent management that fails to secure the essential ingredients.