Anti-Patterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management - Hardcover

Brown, William J.; McCormick, Hays W.; Thomas, Scott W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471329290 ISBN 13: 9780471329299

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

What you need to significantly reduce software development failures before they become fatal and how to repair their causes so they don't re-surface

Learn from the mistakes of others documented here in this hard-hitting, humorous, and career-enhancing book from the authors of the bestselling "AntiPatterns". Rise above the industry-wide malaise of mass denial and realize that you too can, and definitely must, master Software Configuration Management (SCM) for successful software engineering. In this much-needed book, the authors provide 16 new AntiPatterns covering the most common SCM mistakes and pitfalls. They also supply you with proven solution strategies including 3 Process Patterns and other tested-in-the-trenches approaches. As in AntiPatterns they present each AntiPattern and Pattern using the same entertaining, practical, and pull-no-punches approach.

"AntiPatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management" arms you with:
* The knowledge that SCM is neither too hard, nor too complicated, for software engineers, developers, architects, and project managers
* The most valuable (ROI) process you can have-SCM
* 8 SCM AntiPatterns, 4 Management and Process AntiPatterns, 4 Requirements and Testing AntiPatterns, and 3 Process Patterns that address process, people, and tool issues

William J. Brown is Product Engineer for Concept Five Technologies leading developments of distributed, object-oriented frameworks. Hays W. "Skip" McCormick III and Scott W. Thomas are lead engineers with the MITRE Corporation. Bill and Skip co-authored the critically acclaimed AntiPatterns, also available from Wiley.

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About the Author

WILLIAM J. BROWN is Product Engineer for Concept Five Technologies leading developments of distributed, object-oriented frameworks. HAYS W. "SKIP" McCORMICK III and SCOTT W. THOMAS are lead engineers with the MITRE Corporation. Bill and Skip coauthored the critically acclaimed AntiPatterns, also available from Wiley.

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What you need to significantly reduce software development failures before they become fatal and how to repair their causes so they don't resurface AntiPatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management Learn from the mistakes of others documented here in this hard-hitting, humorous, and career-enhancing book from the authors of the best-selling AntiPatterns. Rise above the industry-wide malaise of mass denial and realize that you too can, and definitely must, master Software Configuration Management (SCM) for successful software engineering. In this much-needed book, the authors provide 16 new AntiPatterns covering the most common SCM mistakes and pitfalls. They also supply you with proven solution strategies including 3 Process Patterns and other tested-in-the-trenches approaches. As in AntiPatterns, they present each AntiPattern and Pattern using the same entertaining, practical, and pull-no-punches approach. AntiPatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management arms you with:
* The knowledge that SCM is neither too hard, nor too complicated, for software engineers, developers, architects, and project managers
* The most valuable ROI process you can have-SCM
* 8 SCM AntiPatterns, 4 Management and Process AntiPatterns, 4 Requirements and Testing AntiPatterns, and 3 Process Patterns that address process, people, and tool issues

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471329290
• ISBN 13: 9780471329299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336