Software Development Best Practices. As part of our mission to advance the art and science of commercial software engineering, Construx provides an array of software development resources on this web site. Our focus is on supporting software development best practices across the full spectrum of activities, including:

Management			Requirements			Design
Construction			Testing & QA			Methods & Processes

What are best practices? Software development best practices are practices that have proven they can reduce development times, lower costs, and improve quality. Many practices exist to support better software development. Some of these practices proved their effectiveness decades ago, but the majority of software organizations still aren’t using most of them.

One eye on the future, one eye on the past, and both feet on the ground. Construx’s offerings focus on requirements, design, construction, testing & QA, management, and methods & processes. Our consultants and instructors are knowledgeable about leading-edge trends, but our focus is on time-tested techniques that have proven their merit on real projects. This allows us to separate fact from hype and find the handful of genuine advances within the sea of fads and buzzwords.

Which practices are best for you? Even best practices have weak spots. A practice that works well at the majority of companies will sometimes fail at selected companies. Because we work with hundreds of companies across numerous industries, we’re able to find the practices that will work best for your company—best practices that truly are best for you.

We welcome your comments about Construx software engineering resources.