RE: Development: A Structured Problem Area?

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 22:34, Derek Richardson wrote:

> What about Pragmatic Process Automation (this isn't flamebait, it's a
> genuine question, as I haven't seen the book and don't know its
> contents)?

It's about automating -- and making repeatable -- those mechanical
aspects of a project that *should* be repeatable.  That is, the
production, not its design or implementation.

It's about taking source code and reliably producing a pile of bits in a
form the end-user can install.  That process must be repeatable and
reproducible for any previous point in time. 

Take a car maker for an analogy.  The production line that produces the
cars is automated and repeatable.  It makes the same car time and time
again.  The production line has nothing whatsoever to do with making the
*design* of the car repeatable.  That's a separate activity, and is the
primary one in the case of software.

Here's a side question for ya'll on the notion of repeatable process:  I
want a formula of how to make a hit movie.  Perfectly repeatable, with
no consideration of the talent involved.  Just turn the crank and rely
on the process to work.

Let the snide comments fly :-)

/\ndy



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