Chapter 1. Software Development after dot.com

Now that the dot.com bubble has burst, new and radical approaches to software development are needed to respond to business demands for shorter investment periods, faster time to market, and increased operational agility. It's time to open the black box of technologically driven development methodologies and recognize that software creation is fundamentally a value creation process. It's time to subject software creation to the same detailed financial scrutiny and accountability received by any other value creation process.

Software Development Is Easy

“Software development is easy” is the bold claim of the integrated development environment (IDE) manufacturers of the early 21st century[1]. Just learn ...

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