Change is inevitable in every human endeavour. Being a good software project manager is an inherently challenging role to accomplish as it encompasses forming reliable speculations about future events that are uncertain and also tackling unwanted changes or problematic situations that are certain.
Key attributes of a good software engineer
Although some general attributes are common to all professionals such as Passion, Focus and Drive, I have tried to find attributes somewhat more fitting in a software engineering context. Secondly, my list is more a reflection of my personal experience that I would like to share with an individual engineer, rather than a checklist a […]
On change propagation from one software entity to another
Predicting Change Propagation in Software Systems By Ahmed E. Hassan and Richard C. Holt Summary The paper addresses how a change in an entity of a software system is propagated to other entities. It explores the importance of better change propagation to maintain consistency among interdependent entities in a system. A heuristics based approach […]
Visualizing software programs with Codecrawler and Code City
CodeCrawler – An Information Visualization Tool for Program Comprehension By Michele Lanza, Stephane Ducasse, Harald Gall, Martin Pinzger Summary The paper introduces an information visualization tool called CodeCrawler that can be used for program comprehension and problem detection. CodeCrawler takes a lightweight approach and built with Smalltalk on top of Moose – a language-independent reengineering […]