There's never been a more thorough, realistic guide to "what works" in software development -- and how to make it happen in your organization. In this book, a leading consultant presents the industry's best start-to-finish techniques for software development, covering all key elements of success: people, processes, and technology. Learn to build a winning software development team, organize for success, and retain your best talent in today's competitive hiring environment. Discover how to build a software architecture that maps to business goals -- and really can serve as a foundation for successful development. Learn how to implement superior O-O techniques from planning through testing. Identify better ways to use RAD, leverage standards; measure quality and productivity -- and improve them. Finally, discover proven ways to leverage today's hottest network- and component-based technologies.
Mark Hamilton has 16+ years of experience in large-scale software
development. At TRW, he worked under mentors such as Dr. Barry
Boehm, developer of the legendary "spiral" method. Now at Sun
Microsystems in Los Angeles, he is a systems engineering manager
helping enterprise customers design business-critical
applications.
Series Editor Harris Kern was formerly Sun's Data Center and System
Administrator Manager in Milpitas, CA, and now supports marketing
and sales for Sun worldwide. He implemented and supported Sun's
first 24x7 mission-critical UNIX production environment, and
co-authored Building the New Enterprise (Sun Microsystems
Press/Prentice Hall PTR).
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