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2. Dealing with nontrivial projects


  • Constructing nontrivial software is a complex task

    • problem analysis

    • overall design

    • documentation

    • testing

    • maintenance

    • management of all of the above

  • Neither the details nor the big picture must be permanently lost in the rush to get a system shipped.

  • Software production activity:

      thinking

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