“Many object-oriented people, for example, seem to focus almost entirely on programming language issues. They tend to cast all discussions in terms of the syntax and semantics of their chosen object-oriented programming language. These people find it impossible (for all intents and purposes) to discuss any software engineering activity (e.g., analysis, design, and testing) without… Continue reading Essays on object-oriented software engineering (1993)
Author: George
Impressing people they don’t like
“There are thousands and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.” – Nigel Marsh
Agility
Agility – what to do: Find out where you are Take a small step towards your goal Adjust your understanding based on what you learned Repeat Agility – How to do it: When faced with two or more alternatives that deliver roughly the same value, take the path that makes future change easier. – Pragmatic… Continue reading Agility