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i0Building bug-free O-O software: An introduction to Design by Contract - http://archive.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/technology/contract/page.html - Advanced use of assertions for clearer specifications and greater software reliability. By OO guru Bertrand Meyer, creator of Eiffel.
 
i0Classic Mistakes Enumerated - http://www.stevemcconnell.com/rdenum.htm - Description of 36 ineffective development practices: people-related, process-related, product-related, technology-related. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Rapid Development.)
 
i0Classic Testing Mistakes - http://www.testing.com/writings/classic/mistakes.html - The role of testing, Planning the complete testing effort, Personnel issues, The tester at work, Test automation, Code coverage
 
i0Heavy Rotation - http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/w_fiefer_2.html - For business software, faster-cheaper can be better too.
 
i0High-Pressure Steam Engines and Computer Software - http://sunnyday.mit.edu/steam.pdf - 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.
 
i0Introducing Demeter and its Laws - http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/docs/demeter-intro.html - 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
 
i0Large Software Systems - Back to Basics - http://stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2000/06/evans.html - John Evans; Crosstalk, June 2000. The importance of software architecture, and related items such as unambiguous requirements and coding standards.
 
i0Lessons Learned -- Current Problems - http://www.spmn.com/lessons.html - Technical and managerial best/worst practices. Based on study of US Department of Defense software projects.
 
i0Major Causes of Software Project Failures - http://stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/1998/07/causes.asp - Lorin J. May; Crosstalk, July 1998. Based on interviews with software consultants and practitioners who were asked to provide "autopsies" of failed projects with which they have been acquainted.
 
i0Nine Steps to Delivering Defect-Free Software - http://www.tenberry.com/errfree/steps.htm - By a software developer and consultant with over 30 years experience.
 
i0On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules - http://www.acm.org/classics/may96/ - One of the classic articles leading to modern software engineering, by D.L. Parnas.
 
i0Orphans Preferred - http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19991222/mcconnell_01.htm - Characteristics of software developers - personality type, demographics, age, education, attitudes.
 
i0Principles of Good GUI Design - http://axp16.iie.org.mx/Monitor/v01n03/ar_ihc2.htm - Describes the basic rules for all good interfaces - the cardinal dos and don'ts.
 
i0Seven Principles Of Software Development - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SevenPrinciplesOfSoftwareDevelopment - Emphasizes "soft" issues - attitude, approach.
 
i0Seven Steps to Test Automation Success - http://www.io.com/~wazmo/papers/seven_steps.html - 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.
 
i0Successful Engineering Management: 7 Lessons Learned - http://www.jrothman.com/Papers/usefulmgmtideas.html - People management advice for technical people.
 
i0Sure It Works, But Is It Beautiful: The Relationship Between Software Aesthetics and Quality - http://www.chc-3.com/pub/beautifulsoftware.htm - Some aspects of the relationship between quality and aesthetics (beauty) in software, using architecture analogies.
 
i0Survival Crib Notes: NASA's Success Checklist - http://www.stevemcconnell.com/sgcrib.htm - 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.)
 
i0The Many Dimensions of the Software Process - http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-4/software.html - Explores the importance and purpose of software process and quality.
 
i0The Programmers' Stone - http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/r0/ - Recapturing, exploring and celebrating the Art of Computer Programming.
 
i0The Therac-25 Accidents - http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/therac.pdf - Case study of a well known software error.
 
i0What Do Users Want? Engineering Usability into Software - http://foruse.com/articles/whatusers.htm - User-Centered Design. Simple approaches for delivering smaller, simpler systems that better serve the needs of users.
 
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