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This book is designed to help software engineers and project managers to understand and solve the problems involved in developing complex software systems. It provides practical guidelines and tools for managing the technical and organizational aspects of software engineering projects. Part One explains the critical success factors for software, and introduces methods including: specification (using results-oriented quality and resource metricsfinding and evaluating solutioevolutionary planning and deliverinspection for quality and productivity Part Two gives detailed guidelines for implementing those methods, using a case study as an example throughout. Part Three shows in detail how the methods can improve productivity, reliability, estimation, deadline pressure, and motivation. It concludes with a set of 'Software Engineering Templates' showing how to quantify software qualities, and further case studies illustrating inspection experience and production planning.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0201192462
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0201192469
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Addison-Wesley Professional
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 1988
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  8. Print length
    464 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (January 1, 1988)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0201192462
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0201192469
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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A. Shaver
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of sage advice
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023
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This has amazing practical advice for junior and senior engineers. Written before the agile buzzword craze. Easily applicable now.
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Eric Scott Taylor, IV
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading for all software engineering disciplines
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2014
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Christian A. Jensen recommended this book. This should be required reading for all software engineering disciplines. It offers excellent advice, stories, There are three sections: 1) Why do it?, 2) How to do it, and 3) Advanced insights and practical experiences. My favorite chapters are on estimating risk and the introduction to the evolutionary delivery (EVO) method (which Tom has been using since 1965, as the founder of Agile practices and principles). I personally prefer EVO to Scrum, so I would also recommend a companion book: Agile & Iterative Development, a Manager's Guide, by Craig Larman--gives great details of Agile, Scrum, EVO with compare and contrast explanations, roles, artifacts, etc. Great book Tom!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2015
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Old book
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Joao Cortez
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book On Software Engineering
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2007
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This book covers two very important software engineering topics: the unambiguous specification of business goals and product specification and on evolutionary project management. It also covers the Fagan inspections process which is one of the most powerful techniques in software development. If you like this book, you should also consider the book "Competitive Engineering" by the same author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A project management epiphany
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2009
Don't let the publishing date of this book fool you. This is a timeless reference in the art of requirements management and software inspections. It was an epiphany for me as a young software project manager in the late 80's, and it is still on my bookshelf today. It was written by a project manager who has "walked the walk". As another reviewer alluded, this book positively reeks with credibility and real-world experience. And the scope of its requirements management methodology is much wider than just software development -- it can be applied to virtually any project management discipline. Most failed projects were doomed from the start by their faulty requirements management or complete lack thereof. If every budding project manager read this book and practiced this methodology, the world would be a better place. Strong words, but read the book and see if it isn't true. You might also visit the [...] website -- lots of good stuff there, and a lot of it is free.
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Maraspin Stefano
4.0 out of 5 stars Clear important principles description, good advices: a good book on software engineering
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2010
When a 22 years old book on software engineering feels as good, useful and actual as this one, there's no doubt we're talking about a very good book. I really think that the author managed to clearly convey and argument important software engineering principles, as well as to share valuable personal opinions and experiences.

Important topics covered include (but are not limited to):
- evolutionary software development and delivery
- requirement specification
- solution evaluation and cost/impact estimation
- (Fagan's) formal inspection
- Practical hints in different areas (how to cope with tight deadlines, fuzzy requirements and so on)

Although formal inspections are most likely going to be overkill for small and medium sized software projects - where TDD and agile development techniques can nowadays suffice and possibly be even better quality assurance techniques - I personally think that all other principles, methodologies and hints contained herein can be very valuable in many circumstances to all software engineers, architects and developers; novices and veterans alike.

Despite the fact that there are a few redundancies here and there (and that's pretty much the only reason why I don't rate this book 5 stars), I still think that the author managed to keep it very easy and pleasant to read; so, I still like to pick it up again for a refreshment every once in a while and I have no reserves or hesitation whatsoever in recommending it to everyone involved in software development.
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Arno Schäfer
3.0 out of 5 stars Sound ideas, but tedious to read
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 1999
I found this book hard to read. I often had to force myself to read further, although the ideas and principles described are important and should be required knowledge of any software engineer and SE manager (which does not mean that they necessarily apply to all projects).
The book contains endless redundancy and lots of hard to understand details of projects the author has worked on. One chapter even contains excerpts from other books and articles that confirm the author's views - as though the author feared he hadn't been convincing enough (that wasn't the problem).
In summary, the book should have had half the length and that would have still covered the same content. It might be interesting to readers new to the principles of evolutionary delivery, measurable attribte objectives, and inspection.
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Elaine May (elaine_may@hp.com)
4.0 out of 5 stars Good discussion of evolutionary development
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 1998
This book covers three main topics: evolutionary development, requirements management, and inspections. A good introduction to all three, but if you plan on trying evolutionary development, I also suggest reading the pertinent sections of Rapid Development by Steve McConnell.
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Bruce
5.0 out of 5 stars Still a standard after 20 years
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2009
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Gilb's principles of software engineering management is a forerunner and influencial book to the agile software development revolution. When you read this you see all the parts that you recognise from elsewhere, plus learn how to measure your success using impact estimation tables. This book is all about incremental iteration and, even if you've read his newer comparative engineering book, you'll still find lots of useful details here, which are not in the other book. This book is delivered in a a more relaxed manner, and also covers a few useful aspects such as interfaces, and antecedents of the agile perspective in the literature, which is rather nice. Definately one you should pick up and read.
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MH
5.0 out of 5 stars Old, but good!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2015
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This is an old book, but lays the foundations for much of what followed with lean and agile movements. Recommended reading ...
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