Chapter 2. Fear
Courage! What makes a King out of a slave? Courage!What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage!What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage!What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage!What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got? | ||
| --Cowardly Lion, The Wizard of OZ | ||
Software development is risky. People involved have many fears of what may go wrong. To develop effectively we must acknowledge these fears.
Why do we need a software process? For the same reason that we need laws, governments, and taxes: fear.
The Declaration of Independence says:
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