“Best practice” considered harmful

Scot Mcphee — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:00:11 +0000

Oh yes boys and girls, despite what the “Project Management Manifesto” (and plenty of others) might like to say – ‘Best Practice’ is actually harmful. It is nearly always a codeword for kind of lazy thinking looking to apply a template from someplace else, and is inimical to actual excellence. While experience will give you ideas for what might or might not work, it’s a big mistake to take yesterday’s solution and cookie-cutter it to today’s problem. In software development, context is king.

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“Best practice” considered harmful