Free Cell Urbanism. An examination of Development in Green Field Sites in Hanoi as part of a New Town Strategy

Detecting Parsing Patterns My job as a research and field methodologist is to parse software development experiences that happen at full speed, detect boundaries fit for parsing, and give the pieces names that can be recalled for the next project. Detecting and naming these distinctions provides additional filters through which to examine the software development experience. This work does not create new techniques; it allows us to better detect what is already occurring in the projects and put the pieces back together in ways that will more closely match future experiences. These days, I ask people to tell a story from a project (preferably something that worked, but any relevant episode will do). Then I see if I can reconstruct the story using the labels that I have in mind about project experience. With slowly increasing frequency, I can. When I can't, I store the story for later comparison. When two stories contain similarities, I look for words I can use to label the common parts. We are still in the infancy of naming what is really happening on software development projects ...»