2. Design Process

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Workflow, process, patterns, and methodology are simply a way of life; we typically take advantage of some formalized practice to aid the projects to which we toil and the resulting products we launch. This is especially true of projects or endeavors that involve technology. And, if technology would stay put for a minute, we could reuse the patterns from the last successful project—alas, technology is a constant of change. How do we keep up? Pick the “right” methods? Learn and adapt?

As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.

—David L. Parnas, Ph.D. ...

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