The structured analysis/design methodologies that my colleagues and I developed in the 1970s and 1980s are often described as "obsolete" by those who advocate object-oriented methods such as UML.
An IT manager friend of mine tells me that one of the most interesting questions he asks when interviewing programmers and software engineers is: "Tell me three or four of the most recent computer books you've read, and what you thought of them." And if he'
Have you noticed that things have changed when you interview prospective software engineers? There was a time when you had all the power, and the candidates trembled and quaked as they waited to see if you were interested in their humble skills.