On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 09:13:49PM +0100, knitti wrote: > On 12/14/07, bofh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heh. I think we're having far too much fun in the other threads. I > > have a serious question. I'm a mangler in a largish company. We have > > developers, and contractors. No coding standards and all that, so, > > things are... messy. > > > > I'm not in charge of development, but I want to help them develop > > something useful, and secure. > > You received some useful answers and certainly will receive more. > Very important is, that most if not all developers support this idea, > and that almost everyone makes an effort to get used to the new > procedures. The best intentions are worthless, if key people don't > like it.
I agree. As I see it, you have a change-management issue. Changing from non-standard free-for-all (for want of a better description) to an organized, policy-driven, software-engineering process. The end goal, in general terms, will have be achieved by countless other organizations in the past so you are not reinventing the wheel. You do need to open discussions with all stake-holders and explore their views on your concerns (no standards, things are messy, etc) and work out objectives and the methods to achieve them. Its a soft-skills, human-oriented, kind of task. Good luck, Doug.
