Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions

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Summary: Product Management for Technologists
Review: This book is all you ever wanted to know about product management, but were afraid to ask. This book discusses the relationship between technical-artcitecture and marketing-architecture. This is an oft-neglected subject, but it is important as marketing and technology are both important for a successful product. In addition to great content, the writing is very clear. I read the book quickly, but will be using it as a reference for a long time to come. This is a great book to read if you design software systems, or are involved in product management.

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Summary: A useful guide for anyone responsible for software products.
Review: This book is not just for software engineering professionals!
Executives and product managers will find that the book provides
the necessary background to make informed decisions about the
software that their companies build. I have found that the
book is a useful tool for building consensus between management
and engineering, because it discusses business and customer-
related issues without delving too deeply into implementation details.

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Summary: An Important Contribution to the Engineering of Software
Review: This is the first book I've seen that successfully bridges the chasm between software developers and business people. It answers two important questions for each side, "What on earth are they thinking?" and "Does anyone understand what I do?" A must-read if you've ever been, or intend to be, part of a software project. The discussion of models, technical debt, and features vs. capabilities in a software architecture are important contributions to the software engineering literature.