Conclusions

The authors of this book hope that you find some practices in this book that you can easily adopt to improve your or your team's software development capabilities. We encourage you to check out EPF and RUP for more detailed guidance on these and other practices, and to keep up to speed with the latest practices on software development.

Best practices allow you to avoid repeating mistakes for which others have already found solutions.

Remember, best practices codify recipes for success, allowing you to avoid repeating mistakes many others have already made and found solutions for. As the philosopher George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it."^[6]

^[6] Santayana 1905.