A few preliminary words
A theory (aka model) is a symbolic description of contexts and concerns. A practice is a set of activities performed in actual contexts. While the latter may be governed by the former and the former developed from the latter, each should stand on its own merits whatever its debt to the other.
- Good practices hold sway without showing off theoretical subtext (Demetre Chiparus)
With regard to Software Engineering, theory and practice are often lumped together to be marketed as snake oil, with the unfortunate consequence of ruining their respective sways.
Software Engineering: from Requirements heads to Programs tails
While computer science deals with the automated processing of symbolic representations, software engineering uses it to develop applications that will support actual business processes; that may explain why software engineering is long on methods but rather short on theory.
Yet, since there is a requirements head (for business…
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