There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.
Interpretation
Open communication is essential for the success of software projects.
Steve McConnell emphasizes the importance of transparent communication in software projects, highlighting that both successes and challenges should be shared freely throughout the project hierarchy. This open exchange of information fosters collaboration, facilitates problem-solving, and ultimately contributes to the overall success of the project.
In practice
During a team meeting about our latest software update, I shared McConnell's quote on communication to emphasize the importance of reporting both progress and setbacks.
... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount to asking a juggler to keep three balls in the air and hold your groceries at the same time.
Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, "How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't needed?" Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer.
Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.
Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It’s not a mere speeding up, however much our lifestyles and technologies have accelerated the rate at which we attempt to do things. It’s more of a diminishment of anything that isn’t happening right now—and the onslaught of everything that supposedly is.
Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the Web like deer on a freeway.
Social engineering is using manipulation, influence and deception to get a person, a trusted insider within an organization, to comply with a request, and the request is usually to release information or to perform some sort of action item that benefits that attacker.
If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
There's always been a lot of information about your activities. Every phone number you dial, every credit-card charge you make. It's long since passed that a typical person doesn't leave footprints.
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