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A cowboy coder can be a lone developer or part of a group of developers with either no external management or management that controls only non-development aspects of the project, such as its nature, scope, and feature set (the "what", but not the "how").

Cowboy coding can have positive or negative [[connotations]], depending on one's opinions on the role of management and formal process in software development; "cowboy coding" is often used as a [[pejorativederogatory]] term by supporters of software development methodologies, such as [[Agile software development|Agile]]. However, the term has been [[reclaimed word|reclaimed]] to some extent by those practicing within the community.

== Disadvantages of Cowboy Coding ==