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| Why Does Software Cost So Much?: (And Other Puzzles of the Information Age) | ||
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| Known for his ability to find provocative answers to the most puzzling questions, Tom DeMarco explores a wide range of issues in twenty-four masterful essays. The offerings range from the wise to the kooky -- in fact, many of them defy categorization. But all are marked by the author's eye-opening perspectives on topics that demand your professional attention. Drawing together several essays published in such journals as IEEE Software and American Programmer, plus ten all-new papers never seen beyond his circle of colleagues, Tom DeMarco tackles a multitude of tough subjects and wrestles fresh insight out of them. Here's a compact, compelling edition of this acclaimed consultant's views on software engineering. Subjects include management-aided engineering, documentation, desktop video, productivity, software factories, teams, measurement, icons, and more! Essays Include * Why Does Software Cost So Much? * Mad About Measurement * Software Productivity: The Covert Agenda * The Choir and the Team * Management-Aided Software Engineering (with Sheila Brady of Apple Computer) * Lean and Mean * Software Development: State of the Art vs. State of the Practice (with Tim Lister) * Twenty Years of Software Engineering: Looking Forward, Looking Back * "If We Did Only One Thing to Improve . . ." -- plus fifteen more! |
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