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Title: Software Development: Building Reliable Systems by Marc Hamilton ISBN: 0-13-081246-3 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 22 March, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Out of date, out of synch
Comment: Besides being out of date, even for internal software dev groups, the contents of this book are plain out of synch with practices in any SW development environment.
The author wanders through people, process and technology with no clear purpose as far as I can tell, and the technology section is so outdated that it comes across as quaint.
Even the people and process sections are weak. Use the P-CMM to handle people issues, and pick any number of process approaches, from agile methods and extreme programming at one end, to the CMM at the other.
Rating: 4
Summary: Best suited to internal IT/IS - technology section is weak
Comment: The excellent previous comments by Per Kisler and Linda Zarate sum up this book from a general software engineering perspective. The main value of this book, in my opinion, is that the material addresses internal IT/IS software development more than product-line development or software engineering environments.
If you are seeking guidance on organizing an MIS development group this book is an excellent resource, especially with respect to organization and processes. If your are more interested in development from a product-line or software engineering perspective I recommend "Successful Software Development" by Scott E. Donaldson and Stanley G. Siegel (ISBN 0130868264).
For MIS development this book benefits from the extensive experience of Harris Kern (who is the Enterprise Computing series editor of which this book is a part), and the focus in IT/IS organizational and process factors. In fact, this book is particularly strong in the way it integrates IT/IS operations and management organization and process with software development. I especially like the emphasis on people and process, but like others who have previously commented I feel that the parts of this book that address technology are weak and should be eliminated from any subsequent edition.
The sections on developer recruiting and retention are especially well done, and the issues and factors of integrating processes are discussed in detail, making this an invaluable resource for the right audience.
Rating: 4
Summary: Overview of software development
Comment: Slightly outdated overview of nearly all aspects of software development with strong emphasis on Java. The book assumes no previous knowlegde of software engeneering and shows the reader step by step of what elements software development consists. The spectrum of topics spans a range from recruiting the right people to explaining the workings of CORBA. This wide range of topics implies not going very deep into each one. So one needs to read many additional books about each topic covered here. While dealing with Java and Jini the author could not forsee the new moves of Microsoft with it's .NET technology. So it would be interesting how the author would write about it today. Definitely outdated are the listings of software products, e.g. IDE's. Missing are a lot of necessary diagrams for showing how to modell, communicate or visualize the software development process. Overall the book serves as a handy introduction to software development, giving one the feeling, that one has now heard about all the relevant aspects involved in it.
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Title: The Essential Guide to Computing: The Story of Information Technology by E. Garrison Walters ISBN: 0130194697 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Managing Software Requirements: A Unified Approach (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Dean Leffingwell, Don Widrig ISBN: 0201615932 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 28 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: 10 Minute Guide to Project Management by Jeff Davidson ISBN: 0028639669 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design, Second Edition by Michael J. Hernandez ISBN: 0201752840 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 05 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: 10 Minute Guide to Microsoft(R) Access 2002 by Joe Habraken ISBN: 0789726319 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 20 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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