All, >> First, languages can be complex but programs should be simplified >> according to the Chomsky hierarchy of languages. The systems analyst ... >I really do not believe your traditional hierarchy management model of >systems development is either workable or worthy of research. Systems
I thought the writer was simply providing a good example of how out of touch academic research is with reality ;-) >Success in a project is more easily obtained when everyone takes >ownership of the problem directly. This is certainly one of the thinking being some of the current trendy methodologies. However, it lacks as much experimental supports as most of what went before it :-( >Software development is a human inspirational activity not a mechanistic >physical activity. I would not go to either of these extremes. The interesting thing about source code is that most of it is very similar and outwardly quiet non-interesting. I think developers do a lot of things mechanically and are not aware of it (and yes, I have as much proof of this claim as everybody else has for theirs). > Anyone studying software development must, must, >must lose the connection between software development and production >engineering. Lets not forget the fact that software development is one of the few professional activities where the most junior and inexperienced staff get to write most of the important parts of the product that the customer actually uses. derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
