Comments on: The difference between software development and software engineering http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/ Essays on the Continuous Delivery of High Quality Information Systems Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Corey Ladas http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Corey Ladas Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:35:31 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/#comment-628 By the way, I wouldn't want this statement to be taken as a value judgment. I'm not saying that one definition is "better" than the other, and I'm not saying that everybody ought to adopt the engineering point of view. "More convenient than doing it by hand, most of the time" is a legitimate requirement for a significant proportion of IT applications. What I am saying is that if you have only done the first thing, that doesn't mean the second thing doesn't exist. It does, and the people who work at that level deserve to have effective management, too. By the way, I wouldn’t want this statement to be taken as a value judgment. I’m not saying that one definition is “better” than the other, and I’m not saying that everybody ought to adopt the engineering point of view. “More convenient than doing it by hand, most of the time” is a legitimate requirement for a significant proportion of IT applications.

What I am saying is that if you have only done the first thing, that doesn’t mean the second thing doesn’t exist. It does, and the people who work at that level deserve to have effective management, too.

]]> By: Corey Ladas http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Corey Ladas Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:54:34 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/#comment-575 Yes, I think you are right. In the long run, more declarative languages may become the rule. "Computer, build me a system that satisfies the following requirements..." ...then the software developers will be the ones who are really good at writing those requirement specs. Yes, I think you are right. In the long run, more declarative languages may become the rule.

“Computer, build me a system that satisfies the following requirements…”

…then the software developers will be the ones who are really good at writing those requirement specs.

]]> By: Eduardo Jezierski http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Eduardo Jezierski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:36:13 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/#comment-573 Hey, I do think that a culture of acceptance testing that embraces context and operational envelopes is the way to go. Maybe, in a future, most of the effort will be in specifying the right tests, instead of building the system that will pass them....:) Hey, I do think that a culture of acceptance testing that embraces context and operational envelopes is the way to go. Maybe, in a future, most of the effort will be in specifying the right tests, instead of building the system that will pass them….:)

]]> By: Corporate Coder http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Corporate Coder Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:31:42 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2007/11/10/the-difference-between-software-development-and-software-engineering/#comment-519 <strong>Even More Kanban observations (Part IV)...</strong> As I last posted we are going ahead with our Kanban for Change tickets. The visit with David Anderson... Even More Kanban observations (Part IV)…

As I last posted we are going ahead with our Kanban for Change tickets. The visit with David Anderson…

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