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Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Engineering

In this article, Robert L. Glass, list principles, facts related to software engineering. The list is organized onto the following categories:

1. Complexity
2. People
3. Tools and Techniques
4. Quality
5. Reliability
6. Efficiency
7. Maintenance
8. Requirements and design
9. Reviews and inspections
10. Reuse
11. Estimation
12. Research

I encourage you to read this article regardless if you are new to the field of software engineering or a long timer. Sometimes it is nice to be reminded of the "law of physics' regimenting our discipline.

[via IEEE]

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