Part 5. Thinking Laterally
We’ve been through some pretty tough sledding in the last two parts. Both the project-management view and the human-element chapters asked that you think hard about some of the thornier parts of our craft. In this section, there’s a bit of a respite. Before I work up to the crescendo of the symphony in Part 6, “Advanced Topics,” I have a quiet interlude for you.
The theme of this section is that software people think differently. Some of their ideas are speculative, maybe a little off the beaten track. It’s helpful to gain the insight of seeing some of the various ways in which they look at problems. Much as sports have been referred to as the “toy department of life,” you can take this section as the toy department ...
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