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Project managers, technical leads, and programmers throughout the industry share an important concern—how to get their development schedules under control. RAPID DEVELOPMENT addresses that concern head-on with philosophy, techniques, and tools that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. The style is friendly and conversational. And the content is impressive. Starting with an introduction to the philosophy of Rapid Development, the author moves the reader through life cycle planning, scheduling, motivation, teamwork, feature-set control, and other important issues. There's a full discussion of best practices for rapid, efficient development, such as evolutionary prototyping, Joint Application Design (JAD), rapid development languages, staged delivery, and much more. And throughout, theory is clarified and reinforced with plentiful real-world case studies that show concepts put into practice. Readers of McConnell's CODE COMPLETE, along with other titles in the highly successful Coding series, provide a ready market for RAPID DEVELOPMENT.

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Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. In RAPID DEVELOPMENT, author Steve McConnell addresses that concern head-on with overall strategies, specific best practices, and valuable tips that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. Inside, you ll find: A rapid-development strategy that can be applied to any project and the best practices to make that strategy work Candid discussions of great and not-so-great rapid-development practices estimation, prototyping, forced overtime, motivation, teamwork, rapid-development languages, risk management, and many others A list of classic mistakes to avoid for rapid-development projects, including creeping requirements, shortchanged quality, and silver-bullet syndrome Case studies that vividly illustrate what can go wrong, what can go right, and how to tell which direction your project is going RAPID DEVELOPMENT is the real-world guide to more efficient applications development.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   12 of 12 people found the following review helpful: Every Software Manager's Bible, 17 Jun 2001 By A Customer First online review I have felt compelled to give (I'm not the only one either). Simply the best book on software development I have ever come across. Unlike most books of this type, everything is backed up by references to other literature and research studies. Amazingly, this book was given to me by my manager (within a software company) because he said it wasn't really his thing and that he was unlikely to ever dip into it again. Unsurprisingly, the project he was in charge of collapsed and the development team was made redundant a few weeks later. Seriously! I'm off to order the author's other books now.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: RAPID DEVELOPMENT: The project manager's Bible, 31 Dec 1997 By A Customer I work for an Internet software development company, and I have made this book required reading for every project manager and technical lead in our company. McConnell's combination of conceptual knowledge, supported by hard facts, is a rare thing in software development "how-tos." The best-practices section at the back of the book is an invaluable reference. His "bad" case studies depressed me sometimes -- mainly because they were too close to my own projects -- but the "good" ones have become the scripts for my presentations to clients. He has a way of capturing the essence of the atmosphere in a development shop, so the case studies feel as if they took place in your own office. I would highly recommend this book to anyone whose job is managing the development process, whether that be in a technical lead or a project management position. Maybe if more people read this book and follow its guidelines, we could all stop working weekends.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Clear, concise, and readable. A must have., 9 Mar 2001 By A Customer This book is a constant source of reference. It is structured in a way that finding the areas relevant to your current needs is simple and the presentation is understandable. None of your jargon here. A must have for anybody that is responsible for managing the development of software.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 38 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews A must-have