Principles of Software Engineering

Excerpts from Software Project Management from Barry Boehm.

1. Make Quality No 1
2. High Quality Software is Possible
3. Give products to Customers early.
4. Determine the problem before writing the requirements.
5. Evaluate Design Alternatives
6.Use an Appropriate process Model
7. Use different language for different phases
8. Minimize intellectual distance
9. Put techniques before tools
10.Get it right before you make it faster
11. Inspect and Review Code
12. Good management is more important than good technology
13. People are the key to success
14. Follow with care
15. Take responsibility
16. Understand Customer Priorities
17. The more they see (customer), more they need
18. Design for change
19. Document everything
20. Avoid Tricks
21. Encapsulate
22. Analyze cause fo errors
23. People and time are not interchangeable
24. Use software tools but be realistic
25. Expect excellence