Software Projects : Evolutionary VS. Big-Bang Delivery

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Book for Software Project/Development Managers
Review: Comments of a Software Development/Project Manager

Felix Redmill's book is very pragmatic and will benefit all software managers and developers immensely. It provides practical guidance from one who has definitely been there. Has been very helpful to me in my job as a development/project manager for a financial software. It keeps a good balance between the evolutionary and big-bang, waterfall approaches. And shows you how to manage the quality assurance, team-building, configuration management, planning and scheduling, testing, change control, software maintenance, etc. aspects of s/w development. It is obvious from the text that the author has lots of experience and he shares this with you, teaching you in a balanced way how to practice evolutionary or incremental development without getting religious about it. It is well-written, concise (255 pages) and easy to read.

The evolutionary approach touted by Gilb and others is accepted by most as the best approach to software development on projects of all sizes. This is the book that teaches you how to use the evo approach effectively. A bit pricey, but certainly worth it.