I agree with most of your comments. I think as a fairly new profession we are still finding our feet when it comes to best practices. I don't think there is one

I agree with most of your comments. I think as a fairly new profession we are still finding our feet when it comes to best practices. I don't think there is one system that will work across the board for all trades. I mean I would think it took longer than 30-40 years to work out the best way to plumb, wire a house etc. Sometimes when estimating work, I think how long would the same project take to build 5, 10, 15 years ago. It's not often that time spent coding today is any quicker than before. Arguably we get better quality software now with unit tests, better compilers and better tooling. Perhaps I've just got some massive rose tinted glasses on!.