Software Project Survival Guide (Developer Best Practices)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (714 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1572316217 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dobb's Journal -- Dr. He uses little jargon and includes a comprehensive glossary, so nontechies should find it easy enough to follow.-- Chris Jaekl, Dr. Read the entire review of this book. McConnell has an engaging, conversational style, with a tinge of irreverent humor -- both of which make this book easy to approach. Targeted at managers (from the top of organizations down through technical leads), McConnell's book provides a blueprint for a successfully managed project; the postulated development effort involves "3 to 25 team members and schedules of 3 to 18 months." At 288 pages, the book could be thinner, but it's easy enough to get through. Dobb's Journal
Overly General In "Rapid Development," a 600-ish page treatise on software project management by the same author, Steve McConnell claims that "a book half this size would be overly general to the point of uselessness." One year later, he wrote this book, which clocks in at slightly less than half the length of Rapid Development. Coincidentally, it is overly general to the point of uselessness.There's nothing inherently wrong with this book. It's just a mad-cap race to summarize the material already available in Rapid Development into a smaller, more streamlined, significantly less useful package. If you'r. A Practical Blueprint As ever, Mr. McConnell writes clearly and accurately and presents the information in a well-organized format. Although some of the material in this book is a digest of material in some of his other writings on software project management, it is, nonetheless, filled with extremely valuable insights. More to the point, the insights are presented in a practical "what to do, what not to do and what to watch out for" voice that translates easily into real-world action. Mr. McConnell recognizes, rightly, that all software lives in some kind of ecosystem and that ecosystem involves people, power, . Solid Guide for the Business Manager or Exec Edward J. Barton As a non-technical business executive tasked with running a tech-heavy organization, I had to get up to speed quickly on best practices, methodologies and approaches to development. Our organization develops the bulk of our software internally, and the Engineering team represents nearly half of the company's expense spend. McConnell's book proved invaluable in providing checklists, ideas, best practices and a solid overview of the development process. The organization of the book was excellent, and the end of chapter notes with practices and pitfalls, as well as copious checklists provide t
He is Chief Software Engineer of Construx Software and was the lead developer of Construx Estimate and of SPC Estimate Professional, winner of Software Development magazine's Productivity Award. He is the author of several books, including Code Complete and Rapid Development, both honored with Software Development magazine's Jolt Award. . Steve McConnell is recognized as one of the premier authors and voices in the development community
And that makes it a required addition to every professional's bookshelf.. Equip yourself with SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE. Steve McConnell draws on solid research and a career's worth of hard-won experience to map the surest path to your goal--what he calls "one specific approach to software development that works pretty well most of the time for most projects." Nineteen chapters in four sections cover the concepts and strategies you need for mastering the development process, including planning, design, management, quality assurance, testing, and archiving. That includes top managers, executives, clients, investors, end-user representatives, project managers, and technical leads. Here you'll find guidance from the acclaimed author of the classics CODE COMPLETE and RAPID DEVELOPMENT. For newcomers and seasoned project managers alike, SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE draws on a vast store of techniques to create an elegantly simplified and reliable framework for project management success. SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE goes straight to the