The Do Good Gauge - The Argument Development Methodology

By Scott Nesler

As a computer programmer I develop solutions for complex scientific, business, and engineering problems. Successful programs are most often developed using proven design methodologies and a solid software development infrastructure. It is rare when complex software is flawless on the first release. Even when the first attempt is a success, the customer tend to discover new requirements for extending functionality. Revision and release control along with the desire to develop maintainable and extendible software are essential to a computer programmer.

Complex political or community problems are rarely solved on the first attempt. First attempts are usually single minded, facts are wrong, and the collateral damage is high. The commonality of resolving complex political or community problems and complex computer programs are too high not to examine the proven methods of software engineering.

Many libraries and book stores have whole sections devoted to software design methodologies. Examples include:

Argument development requires a good methodology and infrastructure. Solutions to complex problems go through many iterations before appeasement is made for the common good. Revision control will help facilitate and manage the many iterations involved in developing a good argument.

A software development kit or SDK is a workbench of tools gathered together into a single application. SDK's such as Visual Basic and Websphere simplifies software development by providing an environment to easily integrate software widgets and plug-ins.

The Do Good Gauge is an outline of an SDK for developing intelligent arguments.

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Conventional wisdom says that once a project is in the coding phase, the work is mostly mechanical, transcribing the design into executable statements. We think that this attitude is the single biggest reason that many programs are ugly, inefficient, poorly structured, unmaintainable, and just plain wrong. -- The Pragmatic Programmer

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Argument Development Methodology

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