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Professional Software Development(c) Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, [... ]reers
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Year: 2005
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Pages: 164
- 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
- Back to the Gold Rush
- Notes
- Chapter Thirteen. Business Case for Better Software Practices
- State of the Practice
- Detailed Benefits of Improved Software Practices
- ROIs for Selected Practices
- Insights from Software Estimation
- Indirect Benefits of Improved Software Practices
- A View of the Best
- Challenge Is Organizational
- The Last Great Frontier
- Ten Tough Questions
- Notes
- Chapter Fourteen. Ptolemaic Reasoning
- Overview of SW-CMM
- Moving Up
- All the Risk You Can Handle
- Who Uses the SW-CMM?
- Soul-Less Software Development
- Serious Commitment
- Ratings for Organizations
- Form and Substance
- Notes
- Chapter Fifteen. Quantifying Personnel Factors
- Personnel Factors
- Low-Productivity Programmers
- Physical Environment
- Motivation
- Staff Seniority
- Bottom Line
- Notes
- Chapter Sixteen. Construx s Professional Development Program
- Construx Knowledge Areas
- Capability Levels
- Professional Development Ladder Levels
- Ladder-Based Career Progression
- CKA Requirements at Different Capability Levels
- Lessons Learned from the Professional Development Ladder
- Benefits of the Professional Development Ladder
- Using the Ladder Outside Construx
- Notes
- Part Four: Industry Professionalism
- Chapter Seventeen. Engineering a Profession
- Need for Engineering
- Engineering and Art
- Maturation of Engineering Disciplines
- A Science for Software Development
- The Call of Engineering
- Notes
- Chapter Eighteen. Hard Knocks
- Development of Professional Engineers
- First Steps
- Accreditation
- Software Engineering or Software Engineering ?
- Polishing the Badge
- Some Perspective
- Notes
- Chapter Nineteen. Stinking Badges
- Certification
- Licensing
- Can Software Engineers Be Licensed?
- Is Licensing a Bad Idea?
- Bootstrap Licensing
- Your Stake
- Earning the Badge
- Three Paths
- Stinking Badges or an Iron Ring?
- Notes
- Chapter Twenty. The Professional s Code
- A Code for Coders
- Benefits of the Code of Ethics
- Coming of Age
- Notes
- Chapter Twenty-One. Alchemy
- Why Technology Transfer Is Needed
- Diffusion of Innovation
- The Chasm
- Some Tough Questions
- Where s the Risk?
- County Extension Agents
- The Humbling Nature of Progress
- Notes
- About the Author
- Software Engineering Profession Web Site
Professional Software Development(c) Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, [... ]reers
ISBN: N/A
EAN: N/A
EAN: N/A
Year: 2005
Pages: 164
Pages: 164