@article{lamport1978state,
author = {Lamport, Leslie},
title = {State the Problem Before Describing the Solution},
year = {1978},
month = {January},
abstract = {The title says it all.  This one-page note is as relevant today as when I wrote it.  Replace "describing the solution" by "writing the program" and it becomes a practical recipe for improving software.},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/state-problem-describing-solution/},
pages = {26},
journal = {ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes},
}