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1. Build vs. Buy - I would say that open source has generally become the "COTS" solution that Brooks was looking for.
2. Requirements refinement and prototyping - agile development.
3. Incremental development - also agile, as well as different evolutionary architecture approaches
4. Great designers - the establishment of technical career ladders at many companies.
Again, none of these things are silver bullets, but they have contributed to significant progress in our industry.
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1. Build vs. Buy - I would say that open source has generally become the "COTS" solution that Brooks was looking for.
2. Requirements refinement and prototyping - agile development.
3. Incremental development - also agile, as well as different evolutionary architecture approaches
4. Great designers - the establishment of technical career ladders at many companies.
Again, none of these things are silver bullets, but they have contributed to significant progress in our industry.