Software Creativity 2.0 - Softcover

Robert L Glass

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977213315 ISBN 13: 9780977213313

Publisher: Developer.* Books, 2006

Synopsis

"This book is written from a powerfully felt, personal perspective: that software construction is primarily a problem-solving activity; that all problem-solving requires creativity; that software problem-solving is deeply complex, perhaps more deeply complex than any other activity; and that, therefore, software problem-solving requires the ultimate in creativity." --Robert L. Glass, from the Preface In Software Creativity 2.0, acclaimed author Robert L. Glass explores a critical, yet strangely neglected, question: What is the role of creativity in software engineering and computer programming? With his trademark easy-to-read style and practical approach, backed by research and personal experience, Glass takes on a wide range of related angles and implications. To name only a few: * Are discipline and formality at odds with flexibility and agility? * When are control-driven vs. experimentation-driven approaches most effective? * Can we "make creativity happen" in a software organization? * Which is more important, process or product? * How do theory and practice interact in the software field? Can practitioners and academe complement each other more effectively? * Is there a missing link between creativity and software design? * What is the balance of "intellectual" and "clerical" tasks in software work? * Can we still find a place for plain old fun? Revised, updated, and expanded, Software Creativity 2.0 also features a new Foreword by Tom DeMarco, author of Peopleware, and a new Preface by author Robert L. Glass.

About this title

About the Author

Robert L. Glass held his first job in computing in 1954. Author or editor of over 25 books, he is one of the true pioneers of the software field. He is the editor and publisher of The Software Practitioner, and also writes regular columns for Communications of the ACM and IEEE Software. In 1995 he was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Linkoping University of Sweden, and in 1999 he was named a Fellow of the ACM professional society. His unique viewpoint and timeless writings have for decades offered insights to practitioners, managers, professors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and students alike.

From the Inside Flap

"Bob Glass has done us all a great favor by becoming the champion of the middle ground. In Software Creativity 2.0 he sets out a rational approach to combining the best of the two extremes and demonstrates an ethic in which the approach to development is made project-dependent rather than loudest-extremist-dependent." --Tom DeMarco, from his Foreword

Edition details

• Publisher: Developer.* Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977213315
• ISBN 13: 9780977213313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 484