[tudorgirba]

Nice summary!

Indeed, we regard software engineering as being primarily decision making. This is a stark departure from the typical perception of software engineering as a construction activity.

Once you take this path, the tools are going to be different. So different that they will appear odd to most people used to the other point of view.

For example, a typical development environment will start with an editor. But editing should come after reading. So, that design is really not that ideal. Having the editing come at the end is perhaps more appropriate. And there are several other such consequences that stem from that original difference in points of view.