#HT	Stennings Project Hygiene Principles and Suggestions
%-	SID	@(#)swhygiene.ht	8.2 - 98/04/01
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	Stenning's Principles and Suggestions for Project Hygiene
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			The Principles
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1) Everybody involved in the project should know the objectives of
   what he or she is doing.

2) Achievement of the overall project objectives should follow
   immediately from achievement of all individual objectives.

3) Both individual objectives and overall project objectives should be
   realistic.

4) There should be a known method for addressing each individual
   object.

5) Changes should be controlled, visible and of known scope.

6) Both people and products should be insulated from the effects of
   changes that are not (currently) of relevance.

			The Suggestions
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1) Focus on the process as a whole, rather than on the (final)
   product.

2) Invest more effort in ``higher level'' descriptions.

3) Co-ordinate activities as well as products.

4) Adopt a strict policy on project phases.

5) Provide more semantic information to the configuration management
   and build systems.
