Web Directory

» Building bug-free O-O software: An introduction to Design by Contract
   Advanced use of assertions for clearer specifications and greater software reliability. By OO guru Bertrand Meyer, creator of Eiffel.
   http://archive.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/technology/contract/page.html

» Classic Mistakes Enumerated
   Description of 36 ineffective development practices: people-related, process-related, product-related, technology-related. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Rapid Development.)
   http://www.stevemcconnell.com/rdenum.htm

» Heavy Rotation
   For business software, faster-cheaper can be better too.
   http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/w_fiefer_2.html

» High-Pressure Steam Engines and Computer Software
   Software safety. Parallels between the early development of high-pressure steam engines and software engineering that we can apply to the use of computers in complex systems.
   http://sunnyday.mit.edu/steam.pdf

» Introducing Demeter and its Laws
   Adaptive Programming - specifying the connections between objects as loosely as possible. Makes programs more flexible, more resilient to change, and more adaptable to varying configurations of classes within a given domain
   http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/docs/demeter-intro.html

» Lessons Learned -- Current Problems
   Technical and managerial best/worst practices. Based on study of US Department of Defense software projects.
   http://www.spmn.com/lessons.html

» Medical Devices: The Therac-25
   Case study of a well known software error.
   http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/therac.pdf

» Nine Steps to Delivering Defect-Free Software
   By a software developer and consultant with over 30 years experience.
   http://www.tenberry.com/errfree/steps.htm

» On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules
   One of the classic articles leading to modern software engineering, by D.L. Parnas.
   http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=361623

» Orphans Preferred
   Characteristics of software developers - personality type, demographics, age, education, attitudes.
   http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19991222/mcconnell_01.htm

» Seven Principles Of Software Development
   Emphasizes "soft" issues - attitude, approach.
   http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SevenPrinciplesOfSoftwareDevelopment

» Seven Steps to Test Automation Success
   This paper presents seven key steps: improve the testing process, define requirements, prove the concept, champion product testability, design for sustainability, plan for deployment, and face the challenges of success.
   http://www.io.com/~wazmo/papers/seven_steps.html

» Successful Engineering Management: 7 Lessons Learned
   People management advice for technical people.
   http://www.jrothman.com/Papers/usefulmgmtideas.html

» Sure It Works, But Is It Beautiful: The Relationship Between Software Aesthetics and Quality
   Some aspects of the relationship between quality and aesthetics (beauty) in software, using architecture analogies.
   http://www.chc-3.com/pub/beautifulsoftware.htm

» Survival Crib Notes: NASA's Success Checklist
   9 Dos and 8 Don'ts for software project success, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Software Project Survival Guide.)
   http://www.stevemcconnell.com/sgcrib.htm

» The Many Dimensions of the Software Process
   Explores the importance and purpose of software process and quality.
   http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-4/software.html

» What Do Users Want? Engineering Usability into Software
   User-Centered Design. Simple approaches for delivering smaller, simpler systems that better serve the needs of users.
   http://foruse.com/articles/whatusers.htm