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Summary: Excellent distillation. Absolutley no filler.
Review: Each principle is a sentence presented on single page followed by an explanation that is frequently only one paragraph long. This the book's virtue: it is written so well and its principles are so carefully chosen that this format delivers a surprising wealth of useful information. In addition, the principles are intelligently cross referenced so that reading a single principle will allow the reader to easily discover several other important related ideas. The principles are also indexed in an excellent reference section at the end of book, which links the principles to the original sources. Finally, it's worth mentioning that this is also an attractive book, a rarity and a blessing since it will likely remain on the bookshelf years after other books have lost their relevance.
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Summary: Relevant, common sense words of wisdom for developers
Review: Alan Davis has brought together a great deal of common sense in this volume. The references are abundant (well over 100) and each message is, as is claimed, independent of just about everything. You can easily find a way to adopt any policy and adapt it to your development environment. It's good for students in the field and probably a good refresher course for developers.
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Summary: Nice little package of principles from analysis to delivery.
Review: As a student of Software Engineering, I wish my courses
were based on the concepts in this book. The concepts aren't
new, but it is the first time I've seen them bundled up in
such a nice little package. Each page has a principle. And
the sources for each principle are cited. I only spotted
one mistake, the author confuses verification and validation.
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Summary: Good, but unoriginal.
Review: As someone else already mentioned, the book is mostly a bibliography to other books. Skip this book and head straight to the definitive source for software engineering, Steve McConnell's "Code Complete".
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Summary: Great non-technical guide to successful system development.
Review: Highly recommended for all levels of software development organizations, as well as *anyone* who is considering hiring a consultant to develop a software system - including those who may install and maintain your network. A must-read so you'll know what to ask for. I'm recommending that our company us this as the guide for our software quality initiative.
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Summary: Who says life doesn't come with instructions?
Review: It does, as far as your life as a software engineer or manager thereof goes. This book spells out everything, from getting started on a project to maintaining it after release. Each principle is given as a heading, each on a separate page, and every one of them is true. A short explanation follows each one. Other principles that relate are pointed out. But the true value is the footer on each page. It is a pointer to the literature where you can find the principle in question discussed definitively. Ultimately, this book functions as a directory/index to every aspect of software engineering. If you need to know a phone number, you look it up in the phone book. If you need to know something about software engineering practices -- you can look it up here.
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Summary: Who says life doesn't come with instructions?
Review: It does, as far as your life as a software engineer or manager thereof goes. This book spells out everything, from getting started on a project to maintaining it after release. Each principle is given as a heading, each on a separate page, and every one of them is true. A short explanation follows each one. Other principles that relate are pointed out. But the true value is the footer on each page. It is a pointer to the literature where you can find the principle in question discussed definitively. Ultimately, this book functions as a directory/index to every aspect of software engineering. If you need to know a phone number, you look it up in the phone book. If you need to know something about software engineering practices -- you can look it up here.
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Summary: The One Minute Software Manager
Review: This book summarizes 40 years of software's best practices into 240 pages. Short, sweet, to the point, and incredibly valuable. High recommended. I browse it about once a week and pull out a gem or two every time.
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Summary: The One Minute Software Manager
Review: This book summarizes 40 years of software's best practices into 240 pages. Short, sweet, to the point, and incredibly valuable. High recommended. I browse it about once a week and pull out a gem or two every time.
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Summary: Good book, excellent idea...
Review: This is a very good book for revising, or better to keep you with everything fresh in memory. Most of the tips are those that when you read you say "I know that" or "That's obvious" but the point is exactly that, to remind you of the 201 obvious things that you should be doing on daily basis at work but your not.
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