Saturday, April 9, 2011

Reading Blog - The Mythical Man-Month Ch 10 - 12

Summary:
Ch 10
Documentation is key for organization in a team project, budget documentation being one of the most important ones. It is important because it drives technical decisions and specifications. This will also aid in the communication process of the project.

Ch 11
the chapter tells us that most first releases are usually never fully correct. Because of this, programs should be designed to make it easier to change or add features later to avoid complete redesign. 

Ch 12
This chapter illustrates the differences between the target machines and vehicle machines. Target machines are those machines for which a program is designed to run on. The vehicle machine is the machine in which the program was built on. It is important top differentiate the two.




Discussion:
I enjoyed chapter 10 the most because it talked about budget and a bit of the business side of programming which I feel I have not seen a lot of. It helps understand real world situations.

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