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The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks, part 1 (CS 428, Winter 2019)

January 15, 2019 0 Comments
<i>The Mythical Man-Month</i> by Fred Brooks, part 1 (CS 428, Winter 2019)

My in-class lecture covering the first few chapters of The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks.

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CS 428 (Fall Semester, 9/11): Lecture on The Mythical Man-Month (Brooks), Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5

September 14, 2017 0 Comments
CS 428 (Fall Semester, 9/11): Lecture on <i>The Mythical Man-Month</i> (Brooks), Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5

OK, it’s a bit embarrassing to realize it’s been nine months since I last posted here. But a new semester has started, and with it, my lectures on software engineering for CS 428 (at Brigham Young University). Here’s my lecture from the first class, covering chapters 1, 2, 4 and 5 of The Mythical Man-Month […]

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CS 428 Lecture: Surviving Complexity (01/09/2017)

February 7, 2017 0 Comments
CS 428 Lecture: Surviving Complexity (01/09/2017)

Here is the video of the ‘Surviving Complexity’ lecture I gave as part of the CS 428 (“Software Engineering”) class I’m teaching at Brigham Young University. Here are the slides for the lecture, which include links to the posts cited.

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Teaching CS 428 (Software Engineering) at BYU

January 12, 2017 0 Comments
Teaching CS 428 (Software Engineering) at BYU

This (Winter 2017) semester, I am teaching Computer Science 428 — “Software Engineering” — for the Brigham Young University Computer Science department. I am actually taking over this class from Dr. Charles “Chuck” Knutson, who was one of my students 30 years ago when I previously taught for BYU. I’m going to do a bit […]

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Weighing in on Project Orca

November 10, 2012 3 Comments
Weighing in on Project Orca

[Cross posted from And Still I Persist] [Note: I am currently in transit from Colorado to Florida and am composing this post as I have time and ‘net access.] “All the most important mistakes are made on the first day.” – The Art of Systems Architecting (Maier & Rechtin) Project Orca was the Romney campaign’s […]

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