Comments on: Software Development http://peterkaminski.com/blog/2004/12/software-development/ a blog by Peter Kaminski Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter Kaminski http://peterkaminski.com/blog/2004/12/software-development/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Peter Kaminski Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:49:46 +0000 http://peterkaminski.wordpress.com/2004/12/22/software-development/#comment-269 Makes sense, Rob. Funny regarding musician/programmers: at Caltech we used to say that the best scientists tend to be biologists. :-) Makes sense, Rob.

Funny regarding musician/programmers: at Caltech we used to say that the best scientists tend to be biologists. :-)

]]> By: rob http://peterkaminski.com/blog/2004/12/software-development/comment-page-1/#comment-268 rob Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:14:53 +0000 http://peterkaminski.wordpress.com/2004/12/22/software-development/#comment-268 My experience has been that solid methodology and modeling are necessary but not sufficient for 'success'. If the team is not strong (and yes, loving and ego-demurring), the administrative overhead in processes like RUP can overwhelm an effort (and success can often get to be defined in terms of how rigorously interative the process is, regardless of the result). Give me a small team of "CMM Level 5-ers" with liberal arts degrees (for some reason, the best programmers tend to be musicians) and we can do great things. My experience has been that solid methodology and modeling are necessary but not sufficient for ’success’. If the team is not strong (and yes, loving and ego-demurring), the administrative overhead in processes like RUP can overwhelm an effort (and success can often get to be defined in terms of how rigorously interative the process is, regardless of the result). Give me a small team of “CMM Level 5-ers” with liberal arts degrees (for some reason, the best programmers tend to be musicians) and we can do great things.

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