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The roots of Alistair Cockburn’s Crystal methodologies
published February 17, 2010
I just finished reading Alistair Cockburn’s thesis People and methodologies in software development. I definitely recommend it for all people working with software and who are interested in software methodologies. Thesis raises important questions about group dynamics and I see a lot of interesting areas where social psychology could be applied. It also raises a question about the usefulness of software methodologies, as actual effect of a software process is in reality quite small compared to personnel factors in a small project (see Software Estimation by Steve McConnell) although importance of process increases as size of the software grows. As I said, highly recommended.
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