Professional Software Development
Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers
Will be published approx. on 24. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-321-19367-4 (ISBN)
Description
Renowned software expert Steve McConnell helps software students transition to the role of software professionals. Significant developments are afoot that will impact the future careers of student programmers, including initiatives in education, professional development, certification, and licensing. Some of these developments are well thought out and positive; others are being forced and need to be improved before they are standardized. Software development is changing, whether programmers recognize it or not. Programmers who are not paying attention could easily find themselves working as twenty-first century software janitors. This book describes the occupation of computer programming as it exists today and the profession of software engineering as it can exist in the future.
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Content
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
I. THE SOFTWARE TARPIT.
1. Wrestling with Dinosaurs.
2. Fool's Gold.
3. Cargo Cult Software Engineering.
4. Software Engineering, Not Computer Science.
5. Body of Knowledge.
6. Novum Organum.
II. INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONALISM.
7. Orphans Preferred.
8. Raising Your Software Consciousness.
9. Building the Community.
10. Architects and Carpenters.
11. Programmer Writing.
III. ORGANIZATIONAL PROFESSIONALISM.
12. Software Gold Rushes.
13. Business Case for Better Software Practices.
14. Ptolemaic Reasoning.
15. Quantifying Personnel Factors.
16. Construx's Professional Development Program.
IV. INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALISM.
17. Engineering a Profession.
18. Hard Knocks.
19. Stinking Badges.
20. The Professional's Code.
21. Alchemy.
Index.
About the Author. 0321193679T04082003
Introduction.
I. THE SOFTWARE TARPIT.
1. Wrestling with Dinosaurs.
2. Fool's Gold.
3. Cargo Cult Software Engineering.
4. Software Engineering, Not Computer Science.
5. Body of Knowledge.
6. Novum Organum.
II. INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONALISM.
7. Orphans Preferred.
8. Raising Your Software Consciousness.
9. Building the Community.
10. Architects and Carpenters.
11. Programmer Writing.
III. ORGANIZATIONAL PROFESSIONALISM.
12. Software Gold Rushes.
13. Business Case for Better Software Practices.
14. Ptolemaic Reasoning.
15. Quantifying Personnel Factors.
16. Construx's Professional Development Program.
IV. INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALISM.
17. Engineering a Profession.
18. Hard Knocks.
19. Stinking Badges.
20. The Professional's Code.
21. Alchemy.
Index.
About the Author. 0321193679T04082003