경험적 소프트웨어 설계

켄트 벡이 Tidy first? A personal exercise in empirical software design에서 제안한 용어.

I like the word empirical to describe this style because it seems to clarify the distinction I’m making with speculative and reactive design timings. “Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.” Sounds about right. —Preface, Tidy first? A personal exercise in empirical software design

경험적 설계의 “경험적”이란 합리주의(이론 또는 순수한 논리)와 대비되는 경험주의를 뜻하는 것 같다.