list of software development philosophies

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{{Software development process}}

This is a list of approaches, styles, methodologies, and philosophies in software development and engineering. It also contains programming paradigms, software development methodologies, software development processes, and single practices, principles, and laws.

Some of the mentioned methods are more relevant to a specific field than another, such as automotive or aerospace.{{Cite book|last=Gruszczynski|first=B.|title=2006 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology |chapter=An overview of the current state of software engineering in embedded automotive electronics |date=May 2006|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4017727|pages=377–381|doi=10.1109/EIT.2006.252190|isbn=0-7803-9592-1|s2cid=34164454}}{{Cite book|last1=Patel|first1=B. K.|last2=Litchfield|first2=V.|last3=Tamanaha|first3=D.|last4=Davis|first4=A.|title=1991 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference Digest |chapter=Real time systems/Software methodologies for large aerospace systems |date=February 1991|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/154537|pages=2/1–2/9|doi=10.1109/AERO.1991.154537|isbn=0-87942-686-1|s2cid=151614328}} The trend towards agile methods in software engineering is noticeable,{{Cite journal|last1=Yau|first1=Stephen S|last2=Jia|first2=Xiaoping|last3=Bae|first3=Doo-Hwan|date=1992-05-01|title=Software design methods for distributed computing systems|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-3664%2892%2990104-M|journal=Computer Communications|series=Software aspects of future trends in distributed systems|language=en|volume=15|issue=4|pages=213–224|doi=10.1016/0140-3664(92)90104-M|issn=0140-3664}} however the need for improved studies on the subject is also paramount.{{Cite journal|last=Stavru|first=Stavros|date=2014-08-01|title=A critical examination of recent industrial surveys on agile method usage|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0164121214000764|journal=Journal of Systems and Software|language=en|volume=94|pages=87–97|doi=10.1016/j.jss.2014.03.041|issn=0164-1212}}{{Cite journal|last1=Dybå|first1=Tore|last2=Dingsøyr|first2=Torgeir|date=2008-08-01|title=Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584908000256|journal=Information and Software Technology|language=en|volume=50|issue=9|pages=833–859|doi=10.1016/j.infsof.2008.01.006|s2cid=2244031 |issn=0950-5849}} Also note that some of the methods listed might be newer or older or still in use or out-dated, and the research on software design methods is not new and on-going.{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=P.|title=Proceedings International Conference on Software Methods and Tools. SMT 2000 |chapter=Designerly thinking: What software methodology can learn from design theory |date=November 2011|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/890426|pages=107–116|doi=10.1109/SWMT.2000.890426|isbn=978-0-7695-0903-7|s2cid=110041968}}{{Cite journal|last1=Yau|first1=Stephen S|last2=Jia|first2=Xiaoping|last3=Bae|first3=Doo-Hwan|date=1992-05-01|title=Software design methods for distributed computing systems|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-3664%2892%2990104-M|journal=Computer Communications|series=Software aspects of future trends in distributed systems|language=en|volume=15|issue=4|pages=213–224|doi=10.1016/0140-3664(92)90104-M|issn=0140-3664}}{{Cite journal|last=Gomaa|first=Hassan|date=1994-05-01|title=Software design methods for the design of large-scale real-time systems|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0164-1212%2894%2990002-7|journal=Journal of Systems and Software|language=en|volume=25|issue=2|pages=127–146|doi=10.1016/0164-1212(94)90002-7|issn=0164-1212}}{{Cite journal|last=Budgen|first=David|date=July 1995|title='Design models' from software design methods|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0142694X95000018|journal=Design Studies|language=en|volume=16|issue=3|pages=293–325|doi=10.1016/0142-694X(95)00001-8|issn=0142-694X}}

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