{"product_id":"great-software-debates-isbn-9780471675235","title":"Great Software Debates","description":"The industry’s most outspoken and insightful critic explains how the software industry REALLY works.  \u003cp\u003eIn Great Software Debates, Al Davis, shares what he has learned about the difference between the theory and the realities of business and encourages you to question and think about software engineering in ways that will help you succeed where others fail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short, provocative essays, Davis fearlessly reveals the truth about process improvement, productivity, software quality, metrics, agile development, requirements documentation, modeling, software marketing and sales, empiricism, start-up financing, software research, requirements triage, software estimation, and entrepreneurship. He will get you thinking about:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe danger of following trends and becoming a ‘software lemming’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs software development art or engineering?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to survive management mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe bizarre world of software estimation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to succeed as software entrepreneur\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to resolve incompatible schedules and requirements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you are in the software industry and do not know which way to turn, Great Software Debates provides valuable and insightful advice. Whether you are a software developer, software manager, software executive, entrepreneur, requirements writer, architect, designer, or tester, you will find no shortage of sound, palatable advice.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: The Software Industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 1. Software Lemmings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 2. Recovering from Method Abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 3. Tomorrow’s Blacksmiths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 4. On Software Development Strategies, Politics, and Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 5. Art or Engineering, One More Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 6. Why Build Software?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 7. It Feels Like Déjà Vu All Over Again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 8. Eras of Software Engineering Technology Transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 9. Fifteen Principles of Software Engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 10. Thoughts on Software Estimation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: Management.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 11. Trial By Firing: Saga of a Rookie Manager.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 12. Can You Survive Your Management Mistakes?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 13. Should He Stay or Should He Go? Advice for a Beleaguered Manager.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 14. The Software Company Machine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 15. The Rise and Fall of a Software Startup.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 16. Anatomy of a Software Startup.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 17. Information for Decision Makers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 18. Some Tips for the Would-Be Entrepreneur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 19. Some More Tips for the Would-Be Entrepreneur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III: Requirements.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 20. The Harmony in Rechoirments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 21. System Phenotypes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 22. The Missing Piece of Software Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 23. Object-Oriented Analysis to Object-Oriented Design: An Easy Transition?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 24. Achieving Quality in Software Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 25. Requirements Management Made Easy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 26. Elicitation: How Do the Experts Do It?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 27. Requirements Are But a Snapshot in Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV: Software Research and Academe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 28. Between Scylla and Charybdis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 29. Why Industry Often Says ‘No Thanks’ to Research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 30. Requirements Researchers: Do We Practice What We Preach?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 31. From Wonderland to the Real Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 32. Practitioner, Heal Thyself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection V: Life and Software.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 33. Words of Wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 34. More Words of Wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 35. Product Not Process: A Parable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 36. Making a Mark on the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 37. Rewards of Taking the Path Less Traveled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 38. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection VI: The Future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \"'Great Software Debates' is a gift of Alan Davis' experience, insight, wisdom, and humor. The essays' value is greatly increased by being collected in one place.\" (\u003ci\u003eIEEE Software\u003c\/i\u003e, November\/December 2006)  \u003cp\u003e\"...hardly a week has gone by that I have not referenced it or recommended it to co-workers and friends...a concentrated treasure of suggestions, explanations, and principles.\" (\u003ci\u003eUbiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, October 19, 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…expect[s] that the reader will think about and react to the content in some substantive way.\" (\u003ci\u003eSoftware Quality Professional\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book deserves a place on any software engineer's bookshelf…it will make you keep your brain in gear, an essential quality for software engineers…\" (\u003ci\u003eComputing Reviews.com\u003c\/i\u003e, March 11, 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The author shares what he has learned about the difference between business theory and reality, encouraging readers to think about software engineering in ways that will help them succeed where others fail.\" (\u003ci\u003eComputer Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e ALAN M. DAVIS is a prolific author with over twenty-five years’ experience consulting for over 100 major corporations worldwide including Boeing,  Cigna Insurance, Federal Express, General Electric and  the  Software Productivity Consortium. He is currently a professor of information systems at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He was president of Omni-Vista, Inc., a vice president at BTG, Inc., and a director of R\u0026amp;D at GTE Communication Systems. He was a member of the board of directors for Requisite, Inc., acquired by Rational Software Corporation in 1997, and subsequently acquired by IBM in 2003.  He is the author of 201 Principles of Software Development, Software Requirements: Objects, Functions and States, Second Edition, and Just Enough Requirements Management.   The industry’s most outspoken and insightful critic explains how the software industry REALLY works.  \u003cp\u003eIn Great Software Debates, Al Davis, shares what he has learned about the difference between the theory and the realities of business and encourages you to question and think about software engineering in ways that will help you succeed where others fail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short, provocative essays, Davis fearlessly reveals the truth about process improvement, productivity, software quality, metrics, agile development, requirements documentation, modeling, software marketing and sales, empiricism, start-up financing, software research, requirements triage, software estimation, and entrepreneurship. He will get you thinking about:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe danger of following trends and becoming a ‘software lemming’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs software development art or engineering?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to survive management mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe bizarre world of software estimation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to succeed as software entrepreneur\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to resolve incompatible schedules and requirements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you are in the software industry and do not know which way to turn, Great Software Debates provides valuable and insightful advice. Whether you are a software developer, software manager, software executive, entrepreneur, requirements writer, architect, designer, or tester, you will find no shortage of sound, palatable advice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989309964517,"sku":"NP9780471675235","price":101.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471675235.jpg?v=1761783614","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/great-software-debates-isbn-9780471675235","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}