Ivar Jacobson on the Essence of Software Engineering

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke Ivar Jacobson about his work defining the essence of software engineering. Why listen to this podcast: • Method prisons capture mean that the practices of different methods are not seen as complimentary and mixing approaches is very hard • Most large organisations have adopted many methods created by many different gurus which often results in chaos and misunderstanding across groups are trying to achieve the same outcomes with different approaches • Software development is the largest expense in today’s economy – globally organisations spend more money on software than any other aspect of their business • Using the Essence language methods can be described using a common taxonomy and this enables bringing ideas from multiple approaches together in a way that enables them to be adapted to a specific context • The kernel of software engineering is true irrespective of which languages or tools you use More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2OQEi2s You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2OQEi2s