Software Engineering: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone?

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This leads us to the odd conclusion that strict control is something that matters a lot on relatively useless projects and much less on useful projects.

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For the past 40 years, for example, we’ve tortured ourselves over our inability to finish a software project on time and on budget. But as I hinted earlier, this never should have been the supreme goal. The more important goal is transformation, creating software that changes the world or that transforms a company or how it does business.

Как я это понимаю, ДеМарко больше за возможность переписать код (преобразовать), чем за его повторное использование (уложиться в бюджет).