{"product_id":"9780471675235","title":"Great Software Debates","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePractitioners\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGreat Software Debates\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlan M. Davis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Computer Engineering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe industry’s most outspoken and insightful critic explains how the software industry REALLY works.  \u003cp\u003eIn Great Software Debates, Al Davis, shares what he has learned about the difference between the theory and the realities of business and encourages you to question and think about software engineering in ways that will help you succeed where others fail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short, provocative essays, Davis fearlessly reveals the truth about process improvement, productivity, software quality, metrics, agile development, requirements documentation, modeling, software marketing and sales, empiricism, start-up financing, software research, requirements triage, software estimation, and entrepreneurship. He will get you thinking about:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe danger of following trends and becoming a ‘software lemming’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs software development art or engineering?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to survive management mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe bizarre world of software estimation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to succeed as software entrepreneur\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to resolve incompatible schedules and requirements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you are in the software industry and do not know which way to turn, Great Software Debates provides valuable and insightful advice. Whether you are a software developer, software manager, software executive, entrepreneur, requirements writer, architect, designer, or tester, you will find no shortage of sound, palatable advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e ALAN M. DAVIS is a prolific author with over twenty-five years’ experience consulting for over 100 major corporations worldwide including Boeing,  Cigna Insurance, Federal Express, General Electric and  the  Software Productivity Consortium. He is currently a professor of information systems at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He was president of Omni-Vista, Inc., a vice president at BTG, Inc., and a director of R\u0026amp;D at GTE Communication Systems. He was a member of the board of directors for Requisite, Inc., acquired by Rational Software Corporation in 1997, and subsequently acquired by IBM in 2003.  He is the author of 201 Principles of Software Development, Software Requirements: Objects, Functions and States, Second Edition, and Just Enough Requirements Management. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 October 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780471675235\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.38\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377714393228,"sku":"9780471675235","price":94.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780471675235.jpg?v=1780157734","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780471675235","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}