Table of Contents

1: In the Tradition
2: The Philosophy of Science
3: Discovery and Design
4: Foundation for Design
5: Problem Solving
6: Activity, Reflection, Context
7: The Design Process
8: Participatory Design
9: The Software Process
10: Design Methods
11: Adaptive Design
12: A Case Study

Reviews

"The title does not do justice to the originality of the author's ideas, nor to the broad range of related subjects he considers, such as the philosophy of science, the relationship between science and technology, human problem solving, and so on. Such holistic books are rare, as are authors who combine a comprehensive outlook with a keen critical faculty . . . . Anyone involved with building software should read this book."--Computing Reviews
"...a milestone book in the field of software engineering, one that will live long past the "how-to" and "breakthrough" books that currently fill the computing shelves...."--Robert L. Glass, The Software Practitioner
"The title does not do justice to the originality of the author's ideas, nor to the broad range of related subjects he considers, such as the philosophy of science, the relationship between science and technology, human problem solving, and so on. Such holistic books are rare, as are authors who combine a comprehensive outlook with a keen critical faculty . . . . Anyone involved with building software should read this book."--Computing Reviews
"...a milestone book in the field of software engineering, one that will live long past the "how-to" and "breakthrough" books that currently fill the computing shelves...."--Robert L. Glass, The Software Practitioner