Joel Spolsky, a software developer in New York City, writes about software development, management, business, and the Internet. I especially like his pragmatic take on complex and elaborate issues, like The Joel Test: 12 steps to better code. In this article he tackles how to see how good a software team is. Instead of an elaborate officially documented system (which is of course well intended) he summarises the test in 12 questions that any software team can answer in a short amount of time.
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