Foreword by Bertrand Meyer
Software projects everywhere look for methodology and are not finding it. They do, fortunately, find individual practices that suit them; but when it comes to identifying a coherent set of practices that can guide a project from start to finish, they are too often confronted with dogmatic compendiums that are too rigid for their needs. A method should be adaptable to every project’s special circumstances: it should be backed by strong, objective arguments; and it should make it possible to track the benefits.
The work of Ivar Jacobson and his colleagues, started as part of the SEMAT initiative, has taken a systematic approach to identifying a “kernel” of software engineering principles and practices that have stood ...
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