How Rocket Science Can Help You Build Your App

Explore how NASA's mission development principles can be applied to small-scale software projects in this 43-minute conference talk from Strange Loop. Discover key strategies such as heritage review, trade studies, success metrics, requirement development, and critical review that can mitigate project risks and ensure timely, on-budget product delivery. Learn how these aerospace engineering practices were successfully implemented in the development of Nanaya, a Django/Python/Postgres web app for predicting users' love and social lives. Gain valuable insights into improving software development outcomes by adopting NASA's time-tested approach to mission planning and risk mitigation.