Description of 36 ineffective development practices: people-related, process-related, product-related, technology-related. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Rapid Development.)

Software safety. Parallels between the early development of high-pressure steam engines and software engineering that we can apply to the use of computers in complex systems. [PDF]

Case study of a well known software error. [PDF]

One of the classic articles leading to modern software engineering, by D.L. Parnas.

Emphasizes "soft" issues - attitude, approach.

Some aspects of the relationship between quality and aesthetics (beauty) in software, using architecture analogies.

9 Dos and 8 Don'ts for software project success, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Software Project Survival Guide.)