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About the Book

Known for his ability to find provocative answers to the most puzzling questions, Tom DeMarco explores a wide range of issues in twenty-four masterful essays.The offerings range from the wise to the kooky -- in fact, many of them defy categorization. But all are marked by the author's eye-opening perspectives on topics that demand your professional attention.Drawing together several essays published in such journals as IEEE Software and American Programmer, plus ten all-new papers never seen beyond his circle of colleagues, Tom DeMarco tackles a multitude of tough subjects and wrestles fresh insight out of them. Here's a compact, compelling edition of this acclaimed consultant's views on software engineering.Subjects include management-aided engineering, documentation, desktop video, productivity, software factories, teams, measurement, icons, and more!Essays Include* Why Does Software Cost So Much?* Mad About Measurement* Software Productivity: The Covert Agenda* The Choir and the Team* Management-Aided Software Engineering (with Sheila Brady of Apple Computer)* Lean and Mean* Software Development: State of the Art vs. State of the Practice (with Tim Lister)* Twenty Years of Software Engineering: Looking Forward, Looking Back* "If We Did Only One Thing to Improve ..."-- plus fifteen more!

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." . . it does not just repeat the common aphorisms of the software world, but takes a hard look at which ones are based on reality and which ones seem to have emerged from hot air." ." . . you'll receive a minimum of 24 'Aha's' and well over 24 laughs by the time you finish. . . . a well-chosen 'Aha' is worth hundreds, thousands, or even a million dollars to a software organization. . . . It will be a long time before you'll find such a good bargain." "DeMarco's book is abuzz with ideas. . . . I could rave nonstop about how great 'The Choir and the Team' and 'Rock and Roll and Cola War' and all the other essays are, but you really must read them yourself. You may not agree with every one, but you will certainly be amused, educated, and stimulated. . . . Enjoy the ride." "Very provocative but absolutely grounded in the reality of experience, DeMarco's perspectives apply across the continuum of innovation management. . . . His essay 'Mad About Measurement, ' on the managerial misapplication of productivity measures, should be read by anyone who's ever had to oversee a reengineering or 'change management' initiative."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780932633347
  • Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 360 gr
  • ISBN-10: 093263334X
  • Publisher Date: 03 Dec 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: And Other Puzzles of the Information Age
  • Width: 153 mm


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