Here is a thorough expert look at the intricate process of commercial software development. The text is rich in example code, contains powerful insights on managing technical yet creative people, and examines each milestone in software development in considerable detail. Ideal for professional, self-taught, and student programmers.

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A fundamental software engineering project management guide based on the practical requirements of "Taming Wild Software Schedules". Emphasizes possible, realistic and "best practice" approaches for managers, technical leads and self-managed teams. The author emphasizes efficient development concepts with an examination of rapid development strategies and a study of classic mistakes, within the context of software-development fundamentals and risk management. Dissects the core issues of rapid development, lifecycle planning, estimation and scheduling. Contains very good and

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Equip yourself with SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE. It's for everyone with a stake in the outcome of a development project—and especially for those without formal software project management training. 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. 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 approa

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In this newest addition to Microsoft Press' acclaimed Best Practices series, award-winning author Steve McConnell offers candid reflections anda look ahead at the software engineering profession from one of the industry's most highly regarded practitioners. After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering is a collection of illuminating original essays on contemporary software development topics that highlight critical trends and call for a more rigorous andstandards-based profession. McConnell delivers a lively and sometimes provocative narrative that aims to help softw

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Can you deliver 90% of your software on time, within budget, and fully meet the user's real requirements? Would you like to? Best-selling author Steve McConnell provides a compelling argument for turning software success into an everyday habit by advancing the software profession itself—at the individual, organizational, and industry levels. Expanding on the contents of his previous book After the Gold Rush, the author dispels common myths of software development. </p>If you are a programmer, software developer, engineer, or work in software development, you should READ THIS BOOK.Why d

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Three books are reissued for a limited time in a special boxed edition: "Software Project Survival Guide, Software Development", and "Debugging the Development Process". The trio are from the Best Practices series, emphasizing practical, process-oriented techniques and timeless tips.

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