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Steve McConnell's "Classic Mistakes Enumerated"

By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: June 4, 2016
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Here is a link to Steve McConnell's Classic Mistakes Enumerated, from his book titled "Rapid Development". It is a great listing of 36 common problems that plague software development projects.

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mistakes
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steve mcconnell
rapid development
  • Bad things happen when developers don't communicate
  • Team-level software development best practices
  • Software best practice: Never say “X% done”
  • Quotes/gems from the Steve McConnell book, Code Complete
  • Software cost estimation

books i’ve written

  • The time that mom told the police everyone was dead (a schizophrenia story)
  • Scala: What do “effect” and “effectful” mean in functional programming?
  • The rubber duck at the Talkeetna Roadhouse
  • Dog in a coffee shop, Seward, Alaska
  • Code as a Creative Medium (book)
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