The author of the classics "Code Complete" and "Rapid Development" throws a lifeline to the industry's huge and indispensable population of rookie managers and technical leads. This book is a roadmap to how an effective software project works--understandable even for those with limited project experience.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
I've read this book a long time ago, but the remembering is good:
I've read this book several years ago, in 1998, I think. It was my first glimpse on software project planning. At the time, I was a bit confusing, the book has a lot of examples of very big projects. But the best practices it provides are useful until today. Don't know if it's a good book nowadays, but it's definitely a book I won't forget.
A must for project leaders:
The book presents an analysis about the project management in a very practical way. In it, Steve demystifies that in a project the "well" and "fast" are in opposite sides. By contrast, him tells us that for do it fast and cheap, it is essential to do it well. A project leader should have it in his desk.
well-researched:
I'm a one-man database development shop at a nonprofit with a shoestring budget. Without the benefit of senior level programmers, I've had to learn most of my software engineering lessons the hard way- by experience. I picked up this book seven years into the job, which in retrospect was about seven years too late. In some respects, this book repeats lessons that that have already become obvious through experience (e.g., software testing needs to be performed separately from development). But, this... more info
The presented methodology is good but...:
will the book be convincing enough for you to adopt it? I have not found this book very fun to read because of its very structured and academic format. I have not learned much from it as much of its content is general wisdom that anyone with many years of experience in the industry has probably seen around before. Something positive I can say about the book is that I totally adhere to the methodology explained in the book. In my software development career, I have experienced myself the benefits of... more info
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