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Managing the Software Process (SEI Series in Software Engineering) By Watts S. Humphrey ( Addison-Wesley Professional )
Release Date: 1989-01-11
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 Dated, but still useful ( coreyt@yahoo.com )
This book is the basis for the SEI's Capability Maturity Model (CMM, not CMMI). Although the CMM is now retired, and the information in this book may be a little "tired," it is still the best overview of how to manage a "real" software development shop.
First, I think there are a lot of Agilests out there that may dismiss this book outright; they shouldn't. Obviously many of the thoughts and ideas described in this book come from the defense industry. They write software for a different purpose than say, Basecamp does. However, if you want your organization to produce high-quality, useful software (don't we all?), this book will provide you with a number of ideas to do just that.
I highly recommend managers, developers, engineers, process people, etc., this book. Even if it is dated, or if you don't agree with every point, you will probably walk away with some new appreciation for certain practices, and particularly the importance of focusing on the /right/ processes.
I'm giving it 4/5 instead of 5/5 because it could easily be more readable.
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Good, but not the best of the best
Read books by McConnell, Gilb and Brooks first.
This is a classic Humphrey book, valuable information that is hard to follow. The book scores high in terms of IT advice but low in terms of understandable explanations. If you have the persistence to read through the book then you will find valuable ideas. The book would make my top 10 of IT books that I have read but would not make my top 5.
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 A Sw Eng Process Improvement Classic ( chmendez )
This book should be read by any serious software manager, practitioner or anyone interested in advancing the state of practice in software engineering. Even if you don't agree with many of the ideas of the books, it's worth reading to understand many of the issues tha plagues software development.
For anyone working with SEI's CMMI is a must.
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true meat and bones ( lindacheng )
This book is all meat and bones for anybody wanting an indepth study of the software development process. If you've graduated passed Steve McConnell's Microsoft press series, then it is time for you to move on to Watts Humphrey. I am tasked to design all the software development processes in my company and Rapid Development (and other McConnell) books only helped me in the initially phases of designing the process. When it comes to nitty gritty details, Humphrey nailed it.The book is full of sample forms and checklists for the processes you need to put in place. Processes are broken down into generic but specific terms so that it is easily applied/tailored to your company. I was having problems with expressing the interleaving nature of the sets of processes in configuration management (version control, code review, QA, build management, ...). Humphrey's book somehow was able to express that (in other terminologies of course). Definite must buy for anyone who is part of an SEPG or Project Manager for software development.
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A crucial book in the field of software engineering ( dorritg )
This book is crucial to a thorough understanding of software engineering principles. Watts Humphrey is one of the most important forces in the field, and this book is vital to anyone wishing to understand the intricacies of managing a large software development project. Be aware that this book is not easy reading. I would only recommend it for academics, or for the serious practitioner.
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