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What is your favourite phase of software development?

Survey period: 13 May 2013 to 20 May 2013

The fun bits of any given project vary with the project, but generally, of the following, which do you look forward to the most?

OptionVotes% 
Preliminary Analysis and defining the product876.08
Design and Architecture42029.37
Project startup: writing the first code23816.64
Main development: cranking code within the defined framework40928.60
Product finishing. All the little fiddly bits473.29
QA, Testing and fixing the broken bits352.45
Deploying and installation191.33
Maintenance151.05
Planning / designing new features725.03
Adding new features886.15



 
GeneralRe: Missed Option Pin
Marco Bertschi13-May-13 0:46
protectorMarco Bertschi13-May-13 0:46 
GeneralRe: Missed Option Pin
OriginalGriff13-May-13 9:44
mveOriginalGriff13-May-13 9:44 
GeneralRe: Missed Option Pin
Mike Hankey13-May-13 1:06
mveMike Hankey13-May-13 1:06 
GeneralRe: Missed Option Pin
thrakazog13-May-13 7:46
thrakazog13-May-13 7:46 
GeneralNeeds another option PinPopular
OriginalGriff12-May-13 21:39
mveOriginalGriff12-May-13 21:39 
GeneralRe: Needs another option Pin
vasil_ek12-May-13 22:11
vasil_ek12-May-13 22:11 
GeneralArchitecture and Design - To protect the project from being a PITA Pin
Marco Bertschi12-May-13 21:24
protectorMarco Bertschi12-May-13 21:24 
GeneralRe: Architecture and Design - To protect the project from being a PITA Pin
jim lahey12-May-13 23:27
jim lahey12-May-13 23:27 
I couldn't agree more. You'd never dream of building a house without architectural designs. Why should software development be any different?

I'm not a man to idly tell people "I told you so", but I'm sorely tempted when the team next door spend several man-days involving the whole team in a discussion about "where this interface should go" in a 100+ project solution. If your solution has 100+ projects and you haven't already visualised your packages and dependencies, you are TRWTF. Never mind the fact that you should have started by visualising your solution structure before you even touched Visual Studio. You'd be able to do away with all "refactoring sprints".

I've been around a fair while and no matter where I go, be it a Fortune 500 company or a brand new startup in someone's spare room: in 13 years I've never seen a development process that devotes adequate time, knowledge and resources to software architecture and design. everywhere you go people cut corners or are so hubris-ridden that they think they're above any WTF and the worst thing is, nobody learns.
GeneralRe: Architecture and Design - To protect the project from being a PITA Pin
Rob Grainger13-May-13 0:05
Rob Grainger13-May-13 0:05 
GeneralRe: Architecture and Design - To protect the project from being a PITA Pin
Marco Bertschi13-May-13 0:27
protectorMarco Bertschi13-May-13 0:27 
GeneralYes the main developement Pin
Prasad_Kulkarni12-May-13 21:15
Prasad_Kulkarni12-May-13 21:15 
GeneralProject Analysis and Definition... Pin
_Damian S_12-May-13 20:51
professional_Damian S_12-May-13 20:51 
GeneralMain development Pin
Amol_B12-May-13 19:47
professionalAmol_B12-May-13 19:47 

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