The Business of Software: The Cliché defense.

In this article the author discusses the use of clichés by managers who work in the software development industry. A manager who uses clichés can sound focused but in reality avoid saying anything of substance, the author states. Techniques to defend against such managers are described including def...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 7; pp. 34 - 37
Autor principal: Armour, Phillip G.
Formato: Opinion
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2009
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