From: Byron Nevins <Byron.Nevins_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:28:56 -0700
I first read about the Broken Windows theory here
<http://tinyurl.com/o82ot>
in Malcolm Gladwell's book: The Tipping Point.
Bill Shannon wrote:
> vince kraemer wrote:
>
>> Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart wrote:
>>
>>> No Broken Windows...
>>>
>>> is one of the principles that the Eclipse folks mentioned in the
>>> JavaOne IBM keynote (Thursday morning). The name of the principle
>>> is by analogy to what happens to an abandoned house that has broken
>>> windows... an accpetance that things are broken and a downhill
>>> deteriorating effect.
>>>
>>> So, the Eclipse guys (say they) make a point of trying to clean
>>> things up all the time. This seems a very good principle and I
>>> think we should follow up.
>>>
>>> Starting with the "Correctness" bugs seems good. Focusing on one
>>> file at a time seems good. Eventually we want a house that we can
>>> all be proud to show our friends and family.
>>>
>>> And yes, Bill, I owe a summary of the Eclipse prezo.
>>>
>>> - eduard/o
>>>
>>>
>> The 'No Broken Windows' principle is a variation of one of the
>> feedback loops that is discussed in '*Debugging the Development
>> Process : Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship
>> Dates, and Building Solid Teams'.
>>
>> *
>> http://www.amazon.com/Debugging-Development-Process-Practical-Strategies/dp/B00005R08G/sr=8-1/qid=1158774509/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8185468-1123969?ie=UTF8&s=books >>
>>
>> I just started rereading this book a couple nights ago.
>
>
> It's a very good book, everyone should read it!
>
> Other good books on this subject...
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-Development-Steve-McConnell/dp/1556159005/sr=8-1/qid=1158813121/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0626196-9956760?ie=UTF8&s=books >
> http://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Software-Development-Best-Practices/dp/0735623198/sr=8-1/qid=1158813215/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0626196-9956760?ie=UTF8&s=books >
>
> And since Eduardo hasn't played the video for us yet (:-)), everyone
> should go here and watch the IBM General Session:
>
> http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/sessions/general/day3.jsp >
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