Real Software Engineering by Glenn Vanderburg

defined process control model - requires that every piece of work to be completely understood. A defined process can be started and allowed to run until completion, with the same results every time.

empirical process control model - provides and exercises control through frequent inspection and adaptation for processes that are imperfectly defined and generate unpredicatble and unrepeatable outputs.

[PDF] The Making of an Expert by Ericsson, Prietual, and Cokely

• The development of genuine expertise requires struggle, sacrifice, and host, often painful self-assessment. p2
• Required components:
  • time
  • deliberate practice
  • well-informed coach