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Chapter 13: Choosing Practices and Recognizing Their Limits

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Chapter guide

Selects and combines practices from the observed problem rather than a fixed workflow. It compares proportionate responses, exposes over-engineering and unsafe shortcuts, and connects earlier volumes while asking which mechanisms can be omitted without losing the change obligations.

Scegliere le pratiche e riconoscerne i limiti

Sintesi in italiano

Seleziona e combina le pratiche a partire dal problema osservato. Confronta risposte proporzionate, rende visibili sovraingegnerizzazione e scorciatoie rischiose e collega i volumi precedenti, chiedendo quali meccanismi si possano omettere preservando gli obblighi del cambiamento.

Learning goals

  • select a practice from an observed problem
  • combine practices without conflicting authority or stale evidence
  • justify omitting a mechanism while preserving the task's obligations
Obiettivi in italiano

Obiettivi di apprendimento

  • scegliere una pratica a partire da un problema osservato
  • combinare pratiche senza creare conflitti di autorità o usare evidenze obsolete
  • giustificare l'omissione di un meccanismo, preservando gli obblighi del task
Chapter outline
  • 13.1 Five decisions, one accountable outcome
  • 13.2 Compare two changes before building a workflow
  • 13.3 A compact symptom-to-action map
  • 13.4 Recognize over-engineering and unsafe shortcuts
  • 13.5 Working vocabulary
  • 13.6 Further reading through the Non-Deterministic series
  • 13.7 Worked engineering example: leave out what the change does not need
  • 13.8 Practice exercise: design the smallest adequate workflow
  • The last engineering decision: what can safely be left out?
Struttura del capitolo
  • 13.1 Cinque decisioni, un unico risultato di cui rispondere
  • 13.2 Confrontare due modifiche prima di costruire un workflow
  • 13.3 Una mappa sintetica dai sintomi alle azioni
  • 13.4 Riconoscere l'over-engineering e le scorciatoie insicure
  • 13.5 Vocabolario operativo
  • 13.6 Per approfondire: la serie Non-Deterministic
  • 13.7 Esempio ingegneristico svolto: lasciare fuori ciò che non serve alla modifica
  • 13.8 Esercizio pratico: progettare il workflow minimo adeguato
  • L'ultima decisione ingegneristica: che cosa possiamo lasciare fuori senza rischi?

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Martin Fowler’s website 1

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Martin Fowler’s website 10

Software Engineering Practices 84