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Title: Software Development for Small Teams: A RUP-Centric Approach by Gary Pollice, Liz Augustine, Chris Lowe, Jas Madhur ISBN: 0-321-19950-2 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 12 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Buy
Comment: This is what I call a "nightstand book". It's very readable and won't overload your gray brain cells while still stimulating you to analyze your conceptions of the real world you're faced with at work. It's a story about a voluntary software project implemented by the authors on their free time and provides a nice overview of how RUP can be applied to a small project, mixed in with certain ingredients from agile processes such as XP.
The focus of the book is to document what decisions and obstacles the four-member team encountered during the 6 months they spent on the project. The story is very entertaining and I read the book (almost) cover to cover in just 4 days. I found the tips and guidelines splattered around the book to be mostly common sense, but I did make some notes regarding what to do at work a.s.a.p. That's always a sign that the book you're reading was worth reading.
One thing that annoyed me though was the constant praise of the Rational product line knowing that all four authors worked for Rational Software during the project. Also, there were a couple of chapters dedicated for showing little islands of the implementation (code snippets etc.) of which value I frankly didn't see.
In summary, I'd classify this book as a good buy. Not great, but good. No big revelations, but a nice bunch of thought-provokers here and there.
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Title: The Rational Unified Process Made Easy: A Practitioner's Guide to Rational Unified Process by Per Kroll, Philippe Kruchten ISBN: 0321166094 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Adopting the Rational Unified Process: Success with the RUP by Stefan Bergström, Lotta Råberg ISBN: 0321202945 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 29 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide by Craig Larman ISBN: 0131111558 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Building J2EE Applications with the Rational Unified Process by Peter Eeles, Kelli Houston, Wojtek Kozaczynski ISBN: 0201791668 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 20 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers by Steve McConnell ISBN: 0321193679 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 30 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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