Journal article
Point/Counterpoint
Abstract
The need for empirical research into the practicality and efficacy of software development methods is obvious but most published papers have inadequate experimental design. The assumption that what programmers do is "natural," and somehow right or practical, needs to be questioned seriously. Human beings haven't evolved by natural selection to be good programmers. There are people alive today who worked on the first electronic computers. …
Authors
Parnas DL; Curtis B
Journal
IEEE Software, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 56–59
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
November 1, 2009
DOI
10.1109/ms.2009.184
ISSN
0740-7459