The Software Development Edge

Essays on Managing Successful Projects

Joe Marasco - Collection Software Engineering

308 pages, parution le 23/09/2005

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Résumé

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

L'auteur - Joe Marasco

Joe Marasco is a retired senior vice-president and business-unit manager for Rational Software, now one of the five brands of the IBM Corporation. He held numerous positions of responsibility in product development, marketing, and the field sales organization, overseeing initiatives for the Rational Apex product and Visual Modeler for Microsoft Visual Studio. In 1998 he served as Senior VP of Operations. He retired from Rational in 2003. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from The Cooper Union, a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine. When not writing, he barbecues and plays golf; his ribs are much tastier than his scores.

Sommaire

About the Author
Foreword
Preface
General Management
Software Differences
The Project-Management View
The Human Element
Thinking Laterally
Advanced Topics
Acknowledgments
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Joe Marasco
Collection	Software Engineering
Parution	23/09/2005
Nb. de pages	308
Format	17,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	644g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780321321312
ISBN13	978-0-321-32131-2