About Legacy Coding

[Editor]

We are a couple of days late publishing this issue of About Legacy Coding.
It's been a heck of a month. Development Methodologies are the focus of
this issue along with an informative article on the new COBOL Standard.
This issue of About Legacy Coding is online now at
www.aboutlegacycoding.com.

In This Issue

- Pete Dashwood (who is fast becoming a regular contributor!) provides an
excellent analysis of two development methodologies in Shoot the Rapids,
Avoid the Waterfall .
- Compass brings us a great white paper on Timeboxing Applicaton Development
.
- Norm Praed of The Progeni Corporation shares his views on A Strategic
Evolution Architecture for Legacy Systems in Chapter 1 of a multi-part
series.
- Stephen Spiro gives us his thoughts on What is Wrong with the New COBOL
Standard in this detailed discussion of his concerns regarding this new
standard.

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I hope you enjoy this issue.
--
Buddy Ray
Editor
About Legacy Coding
www.aboutlegacycoding.com