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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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Pitfall: Abandoning good software engineering practices

[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...

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Pitfall: 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...

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Pitfall: 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...

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Pitfall: 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...

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Pitfall: 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...

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Pitfall: 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...

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Pitfall: 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...

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Pitfall: 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...

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Pitfall: 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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