Why Does Software Cost So Much
I don't agree with everything in this book (including the title essay). However, it contains the best 5 pages on management ever written - the Standing Naked In The Snow chapter. It's a must read just...
View ArticlePeopleware 2nd Ed.
Another of the books everyone in I.T. should read. I practice many of the things in this book on my projects. This is the book that talks about office layouts and environments, interruptions and their...
View ArticleHandbook of Walkthroughs, Inspections, and Technical Reviews
This is the book I use for my approach to inspections on FDD projects. I used forms straight out of this book and my inspection system (the publishing, the feedback loop though to dynamic checklists...
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Writer's Workshops & the Work of Making Things
This is an amazing book. The first time I read it I thought "yeah, ok." Not long after, messages in it were really started to pound on me so I went back and read it again. Wow - so much there that I...
View ArticleAdaptive Software Development
What a great, great book and worthy of all the praise and recognition it has received. A must read even if you are not interested in Jim's Adaptive method - this a great I.T. book.
View ArticleSoftware Fundamentals
A superb book from one of the great minds in I.T. Worth it just for the brilliant essay on why requirements will always be difficult (but we should never stop trying) - A Rational Design Process: How...
View ArticlePatterns of Software System Failure and Success
Capers Jones is the metrics guru. Don't just speculate or assume what the affect of some thing is or its characteristics. Jones has measured thousands of projects from hundreds of organizations and...
View ArticlePeak Performance
What a breath of fresh air. Now here's a novel idea: the list of good things to do is almost endless and any of us could start making such a list. The things on it will almost all have merit...
View ArticleI.S. Survival Guide
Lewis is a very good writer and many enjoy his popular Infoworld column and his "management speak." This is a very good book, very easy to read and the results hierarchy described in this book is the...
View ArticleManaging The Professional Service Firm
If you run a services business (or line of business) then you must have this book. It's that simple and this book is that good.
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True Professionalism
EVERYONE that works for Nebulon gets a copy of this book. 'nuff said?
View ArticleCode Complete 1st Ed.
There is a second edition out now but the first edition is the better book. Every programmer should have a copy of this book. That alone isn't enough - but it is one heck of a start. Read this. Read it...
View ArticleCrossing the Chasm 2nd Ed.
The first ediiton of this book is also great. One of the really insightful books about high tech marketing.
View ArticleFatal Defect
A refreshingly different take on debugging and hence design. One of my favourites.
View ArticleUnderstanding the Professional Programmer
A gem of a book. The analogy early in the book re: waitering and programming is brilliant as is the little Fortran code snippet and the very powerful lessons drawn from it. Worth it just for those two...
View ArticleQuality Software Management: Systems Thinking
The first of a four volume series. Anything written by Weinberg is worth reading. I once told Jerry that much of his stuff (and others) I read and then go "I wish I wrote that.". He replied something...
View ArticleQuality Software Management: First Order Management
The second of a four volume series. Anything written by Weinberg is worth reading. I once told Jerry that much of his stuff (and others) I read and then go "I wish I wrote that.". He replied something...
View ArticleQuality Software Management: Congruent Action
The third of a four volume series. Anything written by Weinberg is worth reading. I once told Jerry that much of his stuff (and others) I read and then go "I wish I wrote that.". He replied something...
View ArticleQuality Software Management: Anticipating Change
The last of a four volume series. Anything written by Weinberg is worth reading. I once told Jerry that much of his stuff (and others) I read and then go "I wish I wrote that.". He replied something...
View ArticleSecrets of Consulting
I consider this book a competitive weapon - a significant competitive advantage. Anything written by Weinberg is worth reading. I once told Jerry that much of his stuff (and others) I read and then go...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Computer Programming
One of the most famous books on programming. Anything written by Weinberg is worth reading. I once told Jerry that much of his stuff (and others) I read and then go "I wish I wrote that.". He replied...
View ArticleTransaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques
The book on the topic from the masterful Jim Gray. One of my pet rants is the complete lack of understanding and hence implementation of ACID. From Banks (big ones too) that have mainframe code with no...
View ArticlePrinciples of Transaction Processing
This book is sort-of the readers digest version of the Jim Gray TP book and it borrows heavily from that book, but of course it covers only a sliver of Gray's work. That said, this is much more...
View ArticleDon't Make Me Think
Read it the first time in one sitting. A wonderful little book, very easy to read, full of good advice delivered with clarity.
View ArticleAre Your Lights On?
A great book on problem solving. People that have seen me speak about how visually expressive and visually explicit models are compared to how ambiguous and vague the written word can be, will...
View ArticleThe Logic Of Failure
Subtitle: Recognizing and avoiding error in complex situations.I haven't read many great books for a while and so it was a real joy when I bought this one. An excellent book with many lessons in it and...
View ArticleObject Models
Peter Coad was way ahead of the pack (including the GoF and the amigos) and was by far the best modeler I'd ever seen (he's now retired). This is an old book but still a gem. As well as learning...
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