As we saw in the last essay, the 80:20 rule seemingly appears in many circumstances. When I was attending college and working as a programmer during the 80’s, there were some commonly accepted tenets that guided our software development processes and behaviors.

Delivering software requires courage. In “Extreme Programming Explained”, Kent Beck explains, “Sometimes courage manifests as patience.” The practice of software development requires the leaders and the team to have faith in their development practices and the courage to stay with them when fear gives you doubts. Who said software development is easy?

Have you ever wondered why software process has yet to flourish in the software industry?  Why, after many decades of industry growth, there is no consensus on a process methodology or even best practices?  Why …