Keeping Software Simple – Part 1 – Introduction / Installation
Install, Configure, Test, Use, Tune, Maintain
We get so mired in the details we tend to forget the big picture. software that has moved from the development phase to either alpha, beta, or general availability involves six things.
1. Install
2. Configure
3. Test
4. Use
5. Tune
6. Maintain
These items will certainly require iteration. For instance, we typically do not know how to tune something optimally until we begin using it in its intended environment. Then once we tune it for a particular environment we use it some more. And of course tuning usually requires going back and tweaking the configuration, which in turn requires us to re-test.
We certainly need to drill down on each of these entities and provide more detail, but before doing so we need to come to consenus that these are the actions items involved in any piece of software.
Without getting too wrapped up for the moment in the “how” let us try to answer the following questions.
First up: Installing Software
QUESTION
Is there any software...