- Author
- allspaw, on the Kitchen Soap blog
- Published
- 30 March 2012
- Kind
- Short blog post introducing a research chapter, with reader comments
- Original
- www.kitchensoap.com/2012/03/30/the-devils-in-the-details/
- Subject
- Software design
What it is
The post is by allspaw on the Kitchen Soap blog. It argues that context matters in engineering conversations. It quotes a chapter by David Woods, Gary Klein and others and links its PDF.
What it says
- The post holds that context is needed in every constructive engineering conversation.
- Engineers can get frustrated when groups misunderstand each other's goals and tradeoffs.
- It points to a 2005 chapter on a Basic Compact, a tacit agreement to coordinate.
- The quoted chapter lists reasons for joint activity, including necessity, efficiency and resilience.
What evidence it gives
The post offers argument and long quotations from the chapter. It cites no data of its own. Four reader comments follow, mostly adding links and related ideas. Five pingbacks are also listed.
Interests and limits
The post points to another work, and the linked chapter was not read here. It gives no examples from real engineering teams. The post is short, and its framing is the blogger's view.