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Opinion Jan 1 2009

The Business of Software: The Ontology of Paper

The next generation of software engineering will involve designing systems without using paper-based formats, instead using software to develop software.

Computing Applications

Opinion Mar 1 2008

The Inaccurate Conception

Some thoughts on the accuracy of estimates.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jan 1 2008

Digging CACM

An archeological view of a classic.

Computing Applications

Opinion Sep 1 2007

The Conservation of Uncertainty

Exploring different units for measuring software.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jun 1 2007

Twenty Percent

Planning to fail on software projects.

Computing Applications

Opinion Mar 1 2007

Mortality Play

The cost of risk on software projects.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jan 1 2007

Agile . . . and Offshore

An interview with a new paradigm.

Computing Applications

Opinion Sep 1 2006

Software: Hard Data

Seeking solid information on the behavior of modern projects.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jun 1 2006

The Learning Edge

Getting into the Flow of software development.

Computing Applications

Opinion Mar 1 2006

The Operational Executive Sponsor

The sometimes-missing link in software process change.

Computing Applications

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