In their 20th anniversary issue, there are some worthy assessment articles about software development, by some well-knowns.
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2008/08/index.html Watts S. Humphrey Alistair Cockburn Gerald M. Weinberg I think Humphrey (usually) comes off as overemphasizing /process/, but it's good to see what he has to say, and he offers some good reflections. I always enjoy reading Cockburn and Weinberg! In the Weinberg article, I ran across an interesting term, "Technical Debt": .. try anything within the first few hits on http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Technical+Debt&btnG=Google+Search Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
