Dave Farley on Taking Back Software Engineering

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 3:56 a.m.

b'In this podcast, recorded at the Agile India 2019 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dave Farley about what it means to build a real profession of software engineering. \\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n\\u2022\\tAt the very hard end of computing you need genuine engineering disciplines to be successful\\n\\u2022\\tMost of the previous definitions of software engineering have got it wrong because they tried to be too prescriptive\\n\\u2022\\tIn many ways software development is a fashion industry \\u2013 we chose technologies, languages and approaches based on who if the most persuasive orator rather than empirical evidence\\n\\u2022\\tExtreme Programming and continuous delivery have the characteristics of genuine engineering disciplines because they are focused on the engineering practices that enable you to build high-quality products fast\\n\\u2022\\tPair programming unlocks the capability of individuals and teams to learn\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/33B2YAz\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/33B2YAz'