Comments on: 90% of Software Engineering is Social Engineering

By: Francesco

Francesco — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:02:16 +0000

The Scientific Community that is active in Software Engineering is considering the possibility to put people in the center of the development process.

http://www.cs.tut.fi/sosea08/

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:36:18 +0000

Agile is a gimmick and doesnt work.

By: Kenji Hiranabe

Kenji Hiranabe — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:54:09 +0000

Agile movement emphasizes “social engineering” part of software development.

I think “software engineering”(SWEBoK), “project mangament”(PMBoK), and “social engineering” are the three major factor of “software development” and Agile cross-cuts or connects the three.

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By: Max Pool

Max Pool — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:34:12 +0000

“…the methods of Planning Poker, Scrum, etc. aid in the accuracy of the items we are communicating”

That is exactly what I find intriguing, we are being masters of communication by learning how to be more precise and streamlined.

No argument that some people will still view our discipline as engineering first, but once you are ultra-aware of how much time is focused towards communication it starts to make you ask questions as I have.

By: Steve E

Steve E — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:12:00 +0000

While I agree with you on the premise of ‘better communication yielding better software’, I would disagree on one point.

The best communication skills in the world can’t help in the delivery of an inaccurate message. I would argue that the methods of Planning Poker, Scrum, etc. aid in the accuracy of the items we are communicating. I still see this as an engineering discipline rather than a social one.

By: Jeremy N

Jeremy N — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:30:16 +0000

I feel you have hit the nail on the head with this one Max. I feel by far the majority of issues with projects (well… more then just projects, but for this comment) can be traced back to one word, communication.

How many times have developers sat around talking to each other about how bad [X] is when maybe we could have tried finding out the reason(s) why they are believing in there “answer.”

Maybe one less night a week searching the web for the newest cutting edge technology and joining some sort of social group that pushes our comfort level and communication skills would lead to better software?