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This is probably the first article ever written about Context-Driven Testing. While writing this article Cem Kaner and I were in the midst of arguing about whether it was reasonable to say that "best … [Read more...] about Good Practice Hunting

Bach, J. (1998). Microdynamics of process evolution. Computer, 31(2), 111–113. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.652976 Methodology is so interesting... to me. I appear to be one of the few … [Read more...] about Microdynamics of Process Evolution

Bach, J. (1997). Good enough quality: beyond the buzzword. Computer, 30(8), 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.607108 This is a refinement of my original "good enough quality" concept. … [Read more...] about Good Enough Quality: Beyond the Buzzword

Bach, J. (1997). The hard road from methods to practice [software engineering]. Computer, 30(2), 129–130. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.566176 In this article, I talk about the importance of … [Read more...] about The Hard Road From Methods to Practice

This is another of my seminal articles-- one I wrote early on in my career that defined my vision of software development, and on which I have been elaborating ever since. "Good enoughness" is part of … [Read more...] about The Challenge of “Good Enough” Software

Bach, J. (1995). Enough about process: what we need are heroes. IEEE Software, 12(2), 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1109/52.368273 This is one of the seminal works of my youth. It's a short article … [Read more...] about Enough About Process, What We Need Are Heroes

This is the first big article I ever wrote. It got me a lot of attention in the early 90's. The interest people showed in these ideas is basically why I decided to become a methodologist of software … [Read more...] about Process Evolution in a Mad World