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"Here's the secret: software development isn't really about making computers work, it's about organizing knowledge. If your process focuses more on making the c
by fsloth 12y ago
"Here's the secret: software development isn't really about making computers work, it's about organizing knowledge. If your process focuses more on making the computers work than your institutional knowledge you're making a critical mistake."
That's a fantastic quote, thanks.
- walterbell 12y agoYou may like Philip Armour's Five Orders of Ignorance, http://www-plan.cs.colorado.edu/diwan/3308-07/p17-armour.pdf http://www-plan.cs.colorado.edu/diwan/3308-07/p17-armour.pdf "0th Order Ignorance: Lack of Ignorance. I have 0OI when I (probably) know something. 1st Order Ignorance: Lack of Knowledge. I have 1OI when I don't know something. With 1OI we have the question in a well-factored form. 2nd Order Ignorance: Lack of Awareness. I have 2OI when I don't know that I don't know something. 3rd Order Ignorance: Lack of Process. I have 3OI when I don't know a suitably efficient way to find out I don't know that I don't know something. 4th Order Ignorance: Meta-ignorance. I have 4OI when I don't know about the Five Orders of Ignorance. "