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Have you ever felt like you were going in circles trying to explain programming to nontechnical people? Simply telling them what programmers do just isn't enough. In this column, Naomi Karten demystifies the programming world by showing nontechnical people how to think like programmers?on a basic level. This seemingly intricate journey starts with a few simple directions.

In this week's column, Danny R. Faught discusses some techniques on how to beef up your networking game. He compares successful to not-so-great tactics for meeting people who can help us. He also guides us in the ways of maintaining relationships. His bottom line: the focus should always be on creating meaningful connections. Networking shouldn't just be about meeting people, but about learning how to wisely judge their value as well.

In this study, historical inspection data from large real-time embedded systems were analyzed with the intention of improving the current review process.

Subject matter expertise is essential on software projects. But a subject matter expert's role and expected contributions are often nebulous concepts. Even the process of selecting a subject matter expert is often misunderstood. This article provides a subject matter expert definition and offers a few guidelines and pointers to help QA managers maximize the benefits of working with a SME.