false <![CDATA[Rapid Development]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171264054m/93892.jpg 93892 1 I can hear some of you exclaiming, "How can you possibly recommend a book about software scheduling published by Microsoft Press and written by a consultant to Microsoft?!" Well, put aside any preconceived biases. This is a tremendous book on effective scheduling software development, and it drinks deeply from the wisdom of all the classics in the field such as Brook's <i>Mythical Man Month</i> -- and is likely well-informed by McConnell's experiences, good and bad, in Redmond. <P> The nine page section entitled "Classic Mistakes Enumerated" is alone worth the price of admission and should be required reading for all developers, leads, and managers. Here are some types of the 36 classic mistakes that McConnell describes in detail: <P> <UL> <LI>People Related Mistakes <UL> <LI>Heroics <LI>Adding people to a late project <LI>Politics placed over substance (etc.) </UL> <BR> <LI>Process Related Mistakes <UL> <LI>Abandonment of planning under pressure <LI>Planning to catch up later <LI>"Code-like-hell" programming (etc.) </UL> <BR> <LI>Technology Related Mistakes</I> <UL> <LI>Silver-Bullet syndrome <LI>Overestimating savings from new tools or methods <LI>Switching tools in the middle of a project (etc.) </UL> </UL> <P> I suspect that if you've ever been involved in software development, you winced after reading each of these nine points. And you will learn a great deal from the remaining 640 pages about concrete solutions. <P> My only substantive gripe: cheesy Powerpoint graphics. Nonetheless, this book is Very Highly Recommended. 90513 2 7 1996 Rapid Development total:67|5:22|4:27|3:13|2:5|1:0| 67 267 151 7 5 0 false false Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sat Feb 23 17:01:55 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 17:02:25 -0800 2008 When I was working 80 hours a week - this was the only book I read cover-to-cover.

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