HDF Software Process--Lessons Learned

The HDF group has experienced remarkable successes, producing high quality open source software that is widely used throughout the world. This talk presents a collection of thoughts on the HDF Project's approach to software engineering. In writing these notes we have come to realize that any success the group has had are due to several factors, including:

• Strong, responsible, and continuing relationships with users
• An approach to needs identification, software design, and software implementation based on sound principles of software engineering
• Effective technical processes for developing, testing, integrating and maintaining software
• Business and social processes based on sound group management principles

These factors are little more than platitudes, however. The manner in which they are successfully applied can only be understood by examining the details. In this talk, we describe some of the details, emphasizing mostly those areas in which we have had success.

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