''What is SoftwareDevelopmentImprovement?''

Many people equate software development to a process, implying ''SDI = process improvement''. 

Software development uses many tools, so of course ''SDI = tool improvement''.

You couldn't tell from a lot of my code, but software development is part skill, therefore to some extent ''SDI = skill improvement''.

Computer scientists get their name from the fact that, partly, ''SDI = science''.

But many speak of software engineering, implying ''SDI = professional discipline''.

Some point out that software development is a team activity, implying ''SDI = social skill improvement''.

Kuhn would probably claim that for big advances ''SDI = paradigm shift''.

And of course post modernists and perl programmers would probably argue that '''''SDI = all of the above'''''.

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''How are software development improvements shared?''

	*Teach/show processes
	*Write down processes ''(this is hard)''
		*Steps and deliverables - a way to write down a process?
		*Collections of rules - a way to write down a process?
		*Prose - a way to write down a process?
	*Share tools
	*Write down scientific results
		*Publish in peer reviewed journals
	*Teach/show skills
	*Write down skills ''(this is very hard)''
		*Patterns - a way to write down skills?
		*Collections of rules - a way to write down skills?
		*Prose - a way to write down skills?
		*Wiki - a way to write down skills?

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''Related pages''

 IsComputerScience
 ArtCraftSoftScienceHardScience
 ArtCraftEngineeringScience
 WhatRecursEverySoftwareProject
 ProcessImprovementTools
 SoftwareDevelopmentImprovementParadigmShift