From:
Nathan TorkingtonDate:
October 23, 2000 15:18
Subject:
My reading list
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14836.46998.824925.710780@prometheus.frii.com(my apologies for the delay in sending this) Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell Published by Microsoft Press. Takes you step by step through the project, and each chapter ends with a checklist of things that should be happening and things that shouldn't. Quite detailed, and with good concrete suggestions for things like team structure and code control. ---- Effective Project Management (2ed) by Wysocki, Beck Jr, and Crane Published by Wiley Not specifically software projects, and big on the diagrams and paperwork methodology. Some useful information on how corporate structure and project team design can work together or conflict. Good information on what should be in the paperwork, so long as you can stomach the corporate bullshit. ---- Debugging the Development Process by Steve Maguire Published by Microsoft Press Really good book with war stories from Microsoft about taking on failing projects and fixing them. Maguire seems to really know his stuff, and his advocacy of as few meetings as possible got him off on the right foot with me. ---- Dynamics of Software Development by Jim McCarthy Published by Microsoft Press I read this in a 2 hour bus ride home from the airport, it's that skinny. But it's still quite interesting. He smacks a little of shallow pop psychology in his emphasis on people and what keeps people happy, but there is still good information in here. ---- The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management by Tom Demarco Published by Dorset House This is a funny book in parts, entertaining, and yet informative. At points I felt like he was tending a little too much towards a Utopian view of things (monitoring progress is good, but I'd like to talk to people using the automated tools he describes before I buy it wholesale). Nonetheless, lots of good ideas and strong fundamental concepts can be learned painlessly from this book. And it's the only book on this list that uses the word "herpes". NatThread Next
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