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"State of the Art" Means Different Things in Different Places

Posted March 21, 2001 | Leadership |

My career in the computer industry has involved a considerable amount of travel during the past 30 years, to every corner of the US and to some three dozen countries around the world. Almost as soon as I achieved my road-warrior status, one thing became evident: different cities, states, and countries have rather different concepts of what's "current" and "state of the art" in the field.

About The Author
Ed Yourdon
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
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