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Professional Software Development(c) Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, [... ]reers
Authors: McConnell S.
Published year: 2005
Pages: 1/164

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Main Page
Main Page
Table of content
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
The Purpose of This Book
How This Book Is Organized
What I ve Learned Since 1999
Who Should Read This Book
Toward Professional Software Development
Notes
Part One: The Software Tar Pit
Chapter One. Wrestling with Dinosaurs
Notes
Chapter Two. Fool s Gold
Moving the Block
Stone Blocks and Software
Code-and-Fix Development
Focus on Quality
Some Fool s Gold Is Silver
Software Isn t Soft
How Fool s Gold Pans Out
Notes
Chapter Three. Cargo Cult Software Engineering
Software Imposters
Cargo Cult Software Engineering
The Real Debate
Notes
Chapter Four. Software Engineering, Not Computer Science
Is vs. Should
Engineering vs. Science
Beyond the Buzzword
The Right Questions
Notes
Chapter Five. Body of Knowledge
Essence and Accident
Defining a Stable Core
Software Engineering s Body of Knowledge
Planting a Stake
Notes
Chapter Six. Novum Organum
Profession Defined
In Search of a Software Engineering Profession
Through the Pillars
Notes
Part Two: Individual Professionalism
Chapter Seven. Orphans Preferred
The Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator
MBTI Results for Software Developers
Personality Characteristics of Great Designers
Total and Absolute Commitment
Software Demographics
Education
Job Prospects
Programming Heroes and Ball Hogs
Cult of Personality
Notes
Chapter Eight. Raising Your Software Consciousness
Can t Get No Satisfaction
Love the One You re With
Are You Experienced?
Notes
Chapter Nine. Building the Community
Notes
Chapter Ten. Architects and Carpenters
Job Stratification
Job Specialization
Team Specializations
Time Will Tell
Notes
Chapter Eleven. Programmer Writing
Notes
Part Three: Organizational Professionalism
Chapter Twelve. Software Gold Rushes
Software Gold Rushes
Post-Gold Rush Development
The Sense and Nonsense of Gold Rush Economics
Scaling Up and Scaling Down

Professional Software Development(c) Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, [... ]reers
Authors: McConnell S.
Published year: 2005
Pages: 1/164

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