Pitfall: Adopting a technology or methodology without well-defined objectives
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial One of the defining moments in American politics during the 2nd half of the 20th century came...
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[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial Why would the use of a new technology or methodology (the “TOM”) cause managers and developers to...
View ArticlePitfall: Attempting too much, too fast, too soon
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial If your organization is adopting some new technology or methodology (the “TOM”), it is likely...
View ArticlePitfall: Allowing the specification to drift or change without agreement
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial Let’s start by freely acknowledging that, with rare exceptions, software of any complexity...
View ArticlePitfall: Allowing new features to creep (or pour) in
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial The impulse to constantly add new and incremental features to a software program certainly isn’t...
View ArticlePitfall: Misjudging relative costs
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial This is a classic pitfall in software engineering. Typically, insufficient time is allocated for...
View ArticlePitfall: Not identifying and managing risks
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial What are the risks in modern software development? Look at the pitfalls listed in this book to...
View ArticlePitfall: Lying to yourself and others
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial Self delusion and group delusion are all too common in software development projects. Several...
View ArticlePitfall: Using the wrong metrics (or none at all)
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial That which gets measured gets accomplished or, at least, evaluated. That’s why various software...
View ArticlePitfall: Using the wrong developers
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] Categories: managerial Various industry studies cite the productivity gap between the best and the worst developers....
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