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James Coplien. Borland Software Craftsmanship: A
New Look at Process, Quality, and Productivity.
Proceedings of the 5th Annual Borland International
Conference, Orlando, 1994.
n One of most remarkable organizations, processes, and
development cultures seen in AT&T Bell Laboratories Pasteur
process research project
n Project management, product management, QA integral to team,
all making technical contributions
n Higher communication saturation than 89% of projects
n More even distribution of workload
n “Anti-schismogenetic” – no cliques
n Highly iterative development
n Strong architectural interaction with implementation
n More time spent in project team meetings than anything else –
several hours a day
n Gerry Weinberg notes that CMM Level 1 and 2 teams need strong
managerial direction. Level 3 paradigm shift is self-directing team.
Borland team was clearly in this category, although not by
commonly accepted criteria.