The Next Big Challenge: Getting Better Ideas

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By Bruce Eckel (author of Atomic Scala (http://www.atomicscala.com/))

First came tools: programming languages, version control, testing, build automation and eventually
continuous delivery. Somewhere along the tools curve, we began seeing that our process wasn't working
and that we needed shorter, faster experimentation with better feedback cycles and communication,
which produced Agile. Now that we have much better tools and processes (both of which continue to
improve), what is the next big step in the evolution of software development, and development in
general? Now that we've gotten pretty good at building things, I believe we need to get better at
discovering good things to build. After a brief history of tools and processes, I will look at this need and
explore how we must change our perspectives to address our next big challenge.

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