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Pitfall: Overselling the technology or methodology.

April 4, 2008 0 Comments
Pitfall: Overselling the technology or methodology.

[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] CATEGORIES: political It’s easy to get excited about a particular technology or methodology (the “TOM”). More often than not, they represent a real advance in software engineering, solving — or at least easing — problems that you face on a regular basis. And we […]

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Pitfall: Adopting a new technology or methodology for the wrong reason

February 25, 2008 5 Comments
Pitfall: Adopting a new technology or methodology for the wrong reason

[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] CATEGORIES: organizational, conceptual, political Management is always looking for the proverbial silver bullet, despite Fred Brooks’ warning to the contrary. Good reasons may exist to adopt a particular technology — such as object-oriented development — and/or a particular methodology — such as RUP, Agile, […]

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