The Age of Process: Applying a Historical Perspective to the Present Day

摘要

We are in the midst of a period in systems and software engineering that strongly emphasizes the importance of process. Process maturity has been extensively analyzed and codified, and the goal of process maturity has become pervasive throughout industry, government, and the academe. It may seem at times that more attention is paid to the process used to produce a product, than to the product itself.