Programming Productivity: Issues for the Eighties

by Capers Jones

As corporations invest more money and effort in programming research and tools,programming enters a new phase: it is becoming a full-fledged engineering discipline. In this book,T. Capers Jones presents an in-depth look at the results of this industrial programming research and identifies permanent changes in the ways programs are developed. This complete treatment of industrial and commercial programming methods is excellent preparation for working as a programmer in a business environment. It explains fully and illustrates the kind of programming that takes place in such environments as insurance,banking,communications,etc. It discusses how leading corporations medium and large have increased their programming productivity rates and how these rates can be duplicated.

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First published June 1, 1986