Book description
"This set of articles captures decades of in-the trenches
experience across a broad spectrum of software topics. Joe Marasco
has the scars and the smarts to articulate patterns of success that
can satisfy a broad audience. He uses mathematics, physics, common
sense, and storytelling along with a no-candy-coating style to
provide unique perspectives on significant problems in delivering
software results as a business. Whether you are a computer science
theoretician, a frustrated software project manager, a successful
businessman, or a skeptical programmer, you will learn a lot from
this compilation."
—Walker Royce, Vice President, IBM Software
Services-Rational, and author of Software Project Management
(Addison-Wesley)
"Joe Marasco's readable essays on managing successful
projects show that software development managers—no different
from all managers—must embrace the fundamentals of management
if they are to succeed: working through people and process to be
decisive, dealing with politics, keeping on schedule, and, yes,
shipping a well-developed product. Marasco uses plain English to
explain many integrated skills, ranging from estimating the time it
will take to really do things, to negotiating effectively, even to
eloquently describing three distinct phases of our personal
development. He frequently uses a 'can we talk?' conversation with
a fictional colleague, Roscoe Leroy, in a Socratic dialogue to
illustrate the two sides to a point in many areas (reminiscent of
Galileo's writings to explain his then-heretical views); in this
case, Marasco's advice will help technology professionals escape
the clutches of pervasive Dilbertian incompetence, and enable
readers to be more effective in our ever-changing world."
—Carl Selinger, author of Stuff You Don't Learn in
Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World
(Wiley-IEEE Press), and contributing editor of IEEE Spectrum
magazine
The new software management classic: in-the-trenches wisdom from legendary project leader Joe Marasco
Over the course of a distinguished career, Joe Marasco earned a reputation as the go-to software project manager: the one to call when you were facing a brutally tough, make-or-break project. Marasco reflected on his experiences in a remarkable series of "Franklin's Kite" essays for The Rational Edge, Rational and IBM's online software development magazine. Now, Marasco collects and updates those essays, bringing his unique insights (and humor) to everything from modeling to scheduling, team dynamics to compensation. The result: a new classic that deserves a place alongside Frederick Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month in the library of every developer and software manager. If you want to ship products you're proud of... ship on time and on budget... deliver real customer value... you simply must read The Software Development Edge.
Highlights include
How software projects resemble other projects—and how they're different
The iterative problem-solving clock: ending the day with real solutions
The realities of scheduling: How late are you going to be?
Trade-offs, estimating, project rhythm, and getting products out the door
Understanding what you're seeing, hearing, and feeling as a software manager
The human element: politics, negotiation, compensation, culture, and growth
Avoiding crises before they happen... and mitigating them when they do
Thinking laterally: original ideas in software project management
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Praise for The Software Development Edge
- About the Author
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part 1. General Management
- Part 2. Software Differences
- Part 3. The Project-Management View
- Part 4. The Human Element
- Part 5. Thinking Laterally
- Part 6. Advanced Topics
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Footnotes
Product information
- Title: Software Development Edge, The: Essays on Managing Successful Projects
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2005
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: None
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