On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules One of the classic articles leading to modern software engineering, by D.L. Parnas. http://www.acm.org/classics/may96/

Lessons Learned -- Current Problems Technical and managerial best/worst practices. Based on study of US Department of Defense software projects. http://www.spmn.com/lessons.html

The Many Dimensions of the Software Process Explores the importance and purpose of software process and quality. http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-4/software.html

Scripting: Higher Level Programming for the 21st Century The advantages of scripting languages - typeless data, smaller code size, greater reuse, higher productivity. By TCL creator John Ousterhout. http://dev.scriptics.com/doc/scripting.html

Classic Testing Mistakes The role of testing, Planning the complete testing effort, Personnel issues, The tester at work, Test automation, Code coverage http://www.testing.com/writings/classic/mistakes.html

Seven Principles Of Software Development Emphasizes "soft" issues - attitude, approach. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SevenPrinciplesOfSoftwareDevelopment

Principles of Good GUI Design Describes the basic rules for all good interfaces - the cardinal dos and don'ts. http://axp16.iie.org.mx/Monitor/v01n03/ar_ihc2.htm

Orphans Preferred Characteristics of software developers - personality type, demographics, age, education, attitudes. http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19991222/mcconnell_01.htm

Successful Engineering Management: 7 Lessons Learned People management advice for technical people. http://www.jrothman.com/Papers/usefulmgmtideas.html

Nine Steps to Delivering Defect-Free Software By a software developer and consultant with over 30 years experience. http://www.tenberry.com/errfree/steps.htm

Heavy Rotation For business software, faster-cheaper can be better too. http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/w_fiefer_2.html

High-Pressure Steam Engines and Computer Software Software safety. Parallels between the early development of high-pressure steam engines and software engineering that we can apply to the use of computers in complex systems. http://sunnyday.mit.edu/steam.pdf

The Therac-25 Accidents Case study of a well known software error. http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/therac.pdf

Essays on System Effectiveness Management Index to articles written by members of Jerry Weinberg's SEM Group. http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/ReadingStuff/Each_Reading.html/SEM.essays.html

Seven Steps to Test Automation Success This paper presents seven key steps: improve the testing process, define requirements, prove the concept, champion product testability, design for sustainability, plan for deployment, and face the challenges of success. http://www.io.com/~wazmo/papers/seven_steps.html

Community for Software Engineers Offers various resources - including news, articles, forum and job board. http://www.software-engineer.org/

Sure It Works, But Is It Beautiful: The Relationship Between Software Aesthetics and Quality Some aspects of the relationship between quality and aesthetics (beauty) in software, using architecture analogies. http://www.chc-3.com/pub/beautifulsoftware.htm

What Do Users Want? Engineering Usability into Software User-Centered Design. Simple approaches for delivering smaller, simpler systems that better serve the needs of users. http://foruse.com/articles/whatusers.htm

Large Software Systems - Back to Basics John Evans; Crosstalk, June 2000. The importance of software architecture, and related items such as unambiguous requirements and coding standards. http://stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2000/06/evans.html

Ten Things Your Mother Never Told You About the Capability Maturity Model Margaret Kulpa; Crosstalk, September 1998. Common misconceptions concerning software process improvement and the Software CMM. http://stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/1998/09/kulpa.asp