Archives for: "July 2009"
07/21/09
Software Engineering: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone?
Tom DeMarco, arguably one of the key thinkers when it comes to how we develop software has been reflecting.
My early metrics book, Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimation (Prentice Hall/Yourdon Press, 1982), played a rol… more »
What metrics should you track?
Jack Milunksy of Brightspark and AgileBuddy was reacting to a Agile Project Management forum topic on metrics.
Jack was of the opinion that:
the more one spends time tracking metrics, the less time there is for development
While I have some symp… more »
Recommended Books
- Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series)
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers
- Agile Software Development with SCRUM
- Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional)
- Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results
- Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
- Software by Numbers: Low-Risk, High-Return Development
