I like the original article by DeMarco which Atwood discusses. DeMarco makes a good point that normal engineering methodology doesn't work with software. Anyo

I like the original article by DeMarco which Atwood discusses. DeMarco makes a good point that normal engineering methodology doesn't work with software. Anyone who has tried to code up something based upon an 80-page spec document written by a junior analyst who knew neither the business nor how to code might agree. Writing code is more like writing an engineering plan than it is trying to follow one. DeMarco writes about the dangers of using the wrong metrics but he doesn't offer much of a counter-proposal - something like "fail early and fail often?"