SE Radio 574: Chad Michel on Software as an Engineering Discipline

Chad Michel, Senior Software Architect at Don’t
Panic Labs and co-author of Lean Software Systems Engineering for
Developers, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about
treating software development as an engineering discipline. They
begin by discussing the need for engineering rigor in the
software industry. Chad points out that many developers lack
awareness of good engineering practice and are often unaware of
resources such as the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
(SWEBOK). Among the many topics explored in this episode are
design methodologies such as volatility-based decomposition and
the work of David Parnas, as well as important topics such as
quality, how to address complexity, designing for change, and the
role of the chief engineer. This episode is sponsored by
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