Research into software development
I often come across research into things such as Agile development, ITIL, pair programming and other areas. But the research is often quoted by fans of whatever the topic is. I am generally too lazy to confirm that the research is sound, so I generally ignore most of it. But here is some unbiased looking research (which I have not verified) into some areas of software development: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/nagappan-100609.aspx The areas I found most interesting were: – Test driven development provides better quality but is significantly slower then “code then test”. I am in favour of quality over speed in deploying new code, but … Continue reading Research into software development