Software Process And Measurement Cast

Show 37 is my interview with Ed Yourdon.  We discussed Web 2.0 and it’s impact on the software development worlds. I  have titled the interview, “Collaborate or Die!”  A bit over the top you say, well Denis Waitley once said, “on line or in the bread line."  The people I was with thought that was a bit over the top.  He was right and I would suggest the use of Web 2.0 tools is another watershed. Ed is a one of those rare polymaths in the IT world. His bio from Wikipedia begins Edward Nash Yourdon (born 1944) is a computer consultant, an author and lecturer, and a recognized pioneer in the software engineering methodology of structured programming world. He is a graduate of MIT, earning a BS in Mathematics in 1965. The December 1999 issue of Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering named Yourdon one of the ten most influential people in the software field. In June 1997, he was inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of