Chapter 6. The Process

If you are looking for a cookie cutter recipe to success, forget it. Developing applications is hard work and relies heavily on the skill and ability of everyone involved. This is not to say that a strong process is not important. Heroic efforts on the part of a development team can often bring a project to maturity; however, heroic efforts and strong process can do so repeatedly and reliably.

A single chapter of a book is hardly sufficient to explain any software development process in detail, but it is enough to overview the process and to identify and to explain its key points. This chapter introduces the terms and concepts of a software development process applied to the development of a Web application. This process ...

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