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0 7 4 0 7 4 5 9 / 0 0 / $ 1 0 . 0 0 © 2 0 0 0 I E E E C omputing, like any other field, has a number of “Old Wives’ (or, more likely, Husbands’) Tales”—stories told so often that the common perception is that they are true, whether they are or not. One of those Old Tales says that one best solution exists for all software problems. Whether that solution is a particular programming language, toolset, operating system, life-cycle model, methodology, or process model, the Old Tale says it is guaranteed to be better than all its alternatives, no matter what the problem is. That Old Tale was best exemplified by computing’s persistent belief that the worst approach you could possibly take to solving a problem was an ad hoc one. By “ad hoc,” most computing people have meant something that is chaotic and undisciplined; it became a sort of computing dirty word. But a closer look at the dictionary says that “ad hoc” really means “tailored to the problem at hand.” Ad hoc approaches might or might not be chaotic, the dictionary is telling us, but what they are really about is using a best approach determined not by some kind of project-independent thinking, but by some very project-focused thinking. This issue of IEEE Software focuses on process diversity. Although opinions differ about what that might mean, one interpretation is, “All software is not the same, and all software cannot be developed in the same way.” Using that interpretation, this issue flies in the face of that Old Tale.

Loyal Opposition - Process Diversity and a Computing Old Wives'/Husbands' Tale