1Jun/090
Making it lean
Programming is the most known part of software engineering to non software types. A couple of years ago I improved my skills in programming with the hope to improve my software engineering skills. But it took not very long for me to realize, that it takes a lot more to be successful in software engineering.
It's quite sad, but if you are honest even with your source code quality is far below average the project may be a success by the given business goals. On the other hand side your source code may be excellent, your code metrics are outstanding and your architecture is state of the art but you are missing the needs of your stakeholders by miles.