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catalog abstract ""In Beyond Chaos, the keenest contributions to the Management Forum have been incorporated into a single volume to reveal best practices in managing software projects and organizations. The forty-five essays contained in this book are written by many of the leading names in software development, software engineering, and technical management. Each piece has been selected and edited to provide highly focused ideas and suggestions that can be translated into immediate practice. Pragmatic and provocative, they address key management concerns involving people, planning and productivity, coping under pressure, quality, development processes, and leadership and teamwork."--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b12266565.
catalog created "c2001.".
catalog date "2001".
catalog date "c2001.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
catalog description ""In Beyond Chaos, the keenest contributions to the Management Forum have been incorporated into a single volume to reveal best practices in managing software projects and organizations. The forty-five essays contained in this book are written by many of the leading names in software development, software engineering, and technical management. Each piece has been selected and edited to provide highly focused ideas and suggestions that can be translated into immediate practice. Pragmatic and provocative, they address key management concerns involving people, planning and productivity, coping under pressure, quality, development processes, and leadership and teamwork."--Jacket.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-370) and index.".
catalog description "Part I It's About People 1 -- Chapter 1 Dealing with Difficult People: Changing the Changeable / Larry Constantine 3 -- Chapter 2 Avoiding Feedback Traps: Improving Customer and Client Communication / Naomi Karten 11 -- Chapter 3 These Are Trained Professionals: Beyond Training to Transformation / Larry Constantine 19 -- Chapter 4 Maintaining Balance: Managing Working Relationships / Sue Petersen 27 -- Chapter 5 Job Qualifications: On Hiring the Best / Larry Constantine 33 -- Chapter 6 Problem-Solving Metarules: Habits of Productive People / Larry Constantine 39 -- Part II Project Management 47 -- Chapter 7 First Things First: A Project Manager's Primer / Karl Wiegers 49 -- Chapter 8 Money Bags and Baseball Bats: Sponsorship Rules / Rob Thomsett 57 -- Chapter 9 Productivity by the Numbers: What Can Speed Up or Slow Down Software Development / Capers Jones 65 -- Chapter 10".
catalog description "Persistent Models: Models as Corporate Assets / Larry Constantine 297 -- Chapter 39 Card Magic for Managers: Low-Tech Techniques for Design and Decisions / Ron Jeffries 305 -- Chapter 40 Throwaway Software: Delivering through Discards / Dwayne Phillips 313 --r Chapter 41 Unified Hegemony: Beyond Universal Solutions / Larry Constantine 321 -- Part VI Leadership and Teamwork 329 -- Chapter 42 Scaling Up: Teamwork in the Large / Larry Constantine 331 -- Chapter 43 Sustaining Teamwork: Promoting Life-Cycle Teams / Peter H. Jones 339 -- Chapter 44 Managing from Below: The Russian Embassy Method / John Boddie 347 -- Chapter 45 On Becoming a Leader: Advice for Tomorrow's Development Managers / Larry Constantine 355.".
catalog description "Software Waste Management: Managing Data Migration / John Boddie 73 -- Chapter 11 When in Doubt, Blame Everybody: The Responsibility for Usability / Lucy Lockwood 81 -- Chapter 12 Creative Input: From Feature Fantasies to Practical Products / Larry Constantine 89 -- Chapter 13 Software Collaborations: Managing the Complexities of Cooperation / Mary Loomis 95 -- Chapter 14 Managing Outsourced Projects: Projects Management Inside Out / Steve McConnell 103 -- Chapter 15 Tough Customers: Toward Win-Win Solutions / Ulla Merz 111 -- Chapter 16 Avoiding the Iceberg: Reading the Project Warning Signs / Edward Ziv 119 -- Chapter 17 Lemonade from Lemons: Learning from Project Failure / Norman L. Kerth 127 -- Part III Under Pressure 135 -- Chapter 18 Death March: Surviving a Hopeless Project / Ed Yourdon 137 -- Chapter 19 Web-Time Development: High-Speed Software Engineering / Dave Thomas 145 -- Chapter 20".
catalog description "Taking the Crunch Out of Crunch Mode: Alternatives to Mandatory Overtime / Johanna Rothman 153 -- Chapter 21 Reducing Cycle Time: Getting through Bottlenecks, Blocks, and Bogs / Dennis J. Frailey 161 -- Chapter 22 Dot-Com Management: Surviving the Start-up Syndrome / Tony Wasserman 169 -- Chapter 23 Cutting Corners: Shortcuts in Model-Driven Web Development / Larry Constantine 177 -- Part IV Quality Required 185 -- Chapter 24 No More Excuses: Innovative Technology and Irrelevant Tangents / Peter Coffee 187 -- Chapter 25 Mess Is Your Fault: Toward the Software Guild / Michael Vizard 195 -- Chapter 26 Seduced by Reuse: Realizing Reusable Components / Meilir Page-Jones 203 -- Chapter 27 Real-Life Requirements: Caught between Quality and Deadlines / Larry Constantine 211 -- Chapter 28 Rules Rule: Business Rules as Requirements / Ellen Gottesdiener 219 -- Chapter 29".
catalog description "Taming the Wild Web: Business Alignment in Web Development / Lucy Lockwood 227 -- Chapter 30 Calming Corporate Immune Systems: Overcoming Risk Aversion / Gifford Pinchot, Gene Callahan 235 -- Chapter 31 Inventing Software: Breakthroughs on Demand / Larry Constantine 241 -- Part V Processes and Practices 249 -- Chapter 32 Order for Free: An Organic Model for Adaptation / Jim Highsmith 251 -- Chapter 33 Beyond Level Five: From Optimization to Adaptation / Jim Highsmith 259 -- Chapter 34 Optimization or Adaptation: In Pursuit of a Paradigm / Sylvain Hamel, Jim Highsmith 265 -- Chapter 35 Adaptive Software Development: An Experience Report / James Emery 273 -- Chapter 36 Creating a Culture of Commitment: Of Deadlines, Discipline, and Management Maturity / Larry Constantine 281 -- Chapter 37 Commando Returns: Learning from Experience in the Trenches / David Thielen 289 -- Chapter 38".
catalog extent "xiv, 392 p. ;".
catalog hasFormat "Beyond chaos.".
catalog identifier "0201719606 (pbk. : recycled paper)".
catalog isFormatOf "Beyond chaos.".
catalog issued "2001".
catalog issued "c2001.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Boston : Addison-Wesley,".
catalog relation "Beyond chaos.".
catalog subject "005.1/068 21".
catalog subject "Computer software Development Management.".
catalog subject "QA76.76.D47 C654 2001".
catalog tableOfContents "Part I It's About People 1 -- Chapter 1 Dealing with Difficult People: Changing the Changeable / Larry Constantine 3 -- Chapter 2 Avoiding Feedback Traps: Improving Customer and Client Communication / Naomi Karten 11 -- Chapter 3 These Are Trained Professionals: Beyond Training to Transformation / Larry Constantine 19 -- Chapter 4 Maintaining Balance: Managing Working Relationships / Sue Petersen 27 -- Chapter 5 Job Qualifications: On Hiring the Best / Larry Constantine 33 -- Chapter 6 Problem-Solving Metarules: Habits of Productive People / Larry Constantine 39 -- Part II Project Management 47 -- Chapter 7 First Things First: A Project Manager's Primer / Karl Wiegers 49 -- Chapter 8 Money Bags and Baseball Bats: Sponsorship Rules / Rob Thomsett 57 -- Chapter 9 Productivity by the Numbers: What Can Speed Up or Slow Down Software Development / Capers Jones 65 -- Chapter 10".
catalog tableOfContents "Persistent Models: Models as Corporate Assets / Larry Constantine 297 -- Chapter 39 Card Magic for Managers: Low-Tech Techniques for Design and Decisions / Ron Jeffries 305 -- Chapter 40 Throwaway Software: Delivering through Discards / Dwayne Phillips 313 --r Chapter 41 Unified Hegemony: Beyond Universal Solutions / Larry Constantine 321 -- Part VI Leadership and Teamwork 329 -- Chapter 42 Scaling Up: Teamwork in the Large / Larry Constantine 331 -- Chapter 43 Sustaining Teamwork: Promoting Life-Cycle Teams / Peter H. Jones 339 -- Chapter 44 Managing from Below: The Russian Embassy Method / John Boddie 347 -- Chapter 45 On Becoming a Leader: Advice for Tomorrow's Development Managers / Larry Constantine 355.".
catalog tableOfContents "Software Waste Management: Managing Data Migration / John Boddie 73 -- Chapter 11 When in Doubt, Blame Everybody: The Responsibility for Usability / Lucy Lockwood 81 -- Chapter 12 Creative Input: From Feature Fantasies to Practical Products / Larry Constantine 89 -- Chapter 13 Software Collaborations: Managing the Complexities of Cooperation / Mary Loomis 95 -- Chapter 14 Managing Outsourced Projects: Projects Management Inside Out / Steve McConnell 103 -- Chapter 15 Tough Customers: Toward Win-Win Solutions / Ulla Merz 111 -- Chapter 16 Avoiding the Iceberg: Reading the Project Warning Signs / Edward Ziv 119 -- Chapter 17 Lemonade from Lemons: Learning from Project Failure / Norman L. Kerth 127 -- Part III Under Pressure 135 -- Chapter 18 Death March: Surviving a Hopeless Project / Ed Yourdon 137 -- Chapter 19 Web-Time Development: High-Speed Software Engineering / Dave Thomas 145 -- Chapter 20".
catalog tableOfContents "Taking the Crunch Out of Crunch Mode: Alternatives to Mandatory Overtime / Johanna Rothman 153 -- Chapter 21 Reducing Cycle Time: Getting through Bottlenecks, Blocks, and Bogs / Dennis J. Frailey 161 -- Chapter 22 Dot-Com Management: Surviving the Start-up Syndrome / Tony Wasserman 169 -- Chapter 23 Cutting Corners: Shortcuts in Model-Driven Web Development / Larry Constantine 177 -- Part IV Quality Required 185 -- Chapter 24 No More Excuses: Innovative Technology and Irrelevant Tangents / Peter Coffee 187 -- Chapter 25 Mess Is Your Fault: Toward the Software Guild / Michael Vizard 195 -- Chapter 26 Seduced by Reuse: Realizing Reusable Components / Meilir Page-Jones 203 -- Chapter 27 Real-Life Requirements: Caught between Quality and Deadlines / Larry Constantine 211 -- Chapter 28 Rules Rule: Business Rules as Requirements / Ellen Gottesdiener 219 -- Chapter 29".
catalog tableOfContents "Taming the Wild Web: Business Alignment in Web Development / Lucy Lockwood 227 -- Chapter 30 Calming Corporate Immune Systems: Overcoming Risk Aversion / Gifford Pinchot, Gene Callahan 235 -- Chapter 31 Inventing Software: Breakthroughs on Demand / Larry Constantine 241 -- Part V Processes and Practices 249 -- Chapter 32 Order for Free: An Organic Model for Adaptation / Jim Highsmith 251 -- Chapter 33 Beyond Level Five: From Optimization to Adaptation / Jim Highsmith 259 -- Chapter 34 Optimization or Adaptation: In Pursuit of a Paradigm / Sylvain Hamel, Jim Highsmith 265 -- Chapter 35 Adaptive Software Development: An Experience Report / James Emery 273 -- Chapter 36 Creating a Culture of Commitment: Of Deadlines, Discipline, and Management Maturity / Larry Constantine 281 -- Chapter 37 Commando Returns: Learning from Experience in the Trenches / David Thielen 289 -- Chapter 38".
catalog title "Beyond chaos : the expert edge in managing software development / Larry L. Constantine.".
catalog type "text".