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The Laws of Software Process
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The Laws of Software Process

by Phillip G. Armour
September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
8h 36m
English
Auerbach Publications
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The Purpose of Process
Process Value Proposition 2 Restated: The value that is needed in the
application of a process is in direct proportion to what we do not know
about the system.
This restatement removes the self-referential paradox by separately
addressing the two sides of the equation:
1. How much help can be provided?
2. How much help is needed?
It does not resolve the general dilemma of process which is that, in general,
process provides the most assistance where it is least needed.
Other Problems with Process
There are other problems with process, apart from this dilemma. These
are related to the activity of devising process, who devises it, and what
they do with it when it has been devised.
How Do We Get Process? We can only devise processes ...
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