ACROSS DISCIPLINES - RISK, DESIGN, METHOD, PROCESS, AND TOOLS

In our search for solutions to make software development more predicta ble and controllable, we often look for parallels in other disciplines such as architecture, bridge construction, and so on. This article lo oks at software development from the perspective of the electrical ind ustry. Inspired by their management tradition, ATH techniek b.v. has l earned to apply proven management techniques to software development S imple and commonsense principles yield excellent results; for instance , developers reduced risk by estimating project effort using two diffe rent measures and by controlling execution. Comparing your software de velopment processes with what goes on in the rest of your company or a nother application domain can be instructive.