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Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers
By Steve McConnell
Publisher	: Addison Wesley
Pub Date	: June 30, 2003
ISBN	: 0-321-19367-9
Pages	: 272

		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
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