In the course of a career, practically every software developer will encounter several projects with outrageous staffing, schedule, budget or feature constraints--projects that seem "doomed to fail." Now, bestselling author Edward Yourdon brings his unique technology and management insight into these "death march" projects, showing how to maximize one's chances of success. This book is essential reading for all software developers, software engineers, and managers.
EDWARD YOURDON, a leading independent management consultant, is author of several best-selling books about software development, including The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer and The Decline and Fall of the American Programmer (Prentice Hall PTR). He is the widely-known developer of the Yourdon Method of structured system analysis, co-developer of the Coad/Yourdon Object-Oriented Analysis methodology, and publisher of American Programmer Magazine.