| 27 | | The final section is going to be the most controversial (probably as usual to the extent of receiving hate mail), which is why it gets a separate standalone section. It contains a set of essays on non-technical best practices, so specifically speaking they are essays discussing best practices at a C++ organisational, cultural, business, operational and management level rather than simply addressing purely C++ software technical practice. In case you wonder what authority I might have to discuss non-technical best practice, be aware that I am equally trained (in terms of degrees) in Economics and Management as I am in Software, plus I am an affiliate researcher with the [http://www.wici.ca Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation] Research Institute so this non-technical analysis considers software, and the human systems surrounding it, as the one and same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system complex system]. Nevertheless, once you start criticising non-technical best practice you will usually be instantly shouted down by any technical community as being off-topic, irrelevant, trolling or some other ''ad hominem'' based dismissal of even considering the non-technical argument. Hence I have marked that final section with "SOAPBOX", and all opinions and claims therein are those of me personally. |
