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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813828703321

Autore

Testa Louis

Titolo

Growing software : proven strategies for managing software engineers / / by Louis Testa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : No Starch Press, c2009

ISBN

1-59327-225-1

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Disciplina

005.068/4

Soggetti

Computer software industry - Management

Computer software industry - Technological innovations - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Getting started -- Managing a development team -- Creating an effective development team -- Growing a software team -- Defining the product -- Driving releases -- Evaluating your tools and methods -- Assessing your technology -- Working with your company -- Working with the CEO and the executive team -- Listening to your customers -- Project estimating -- Starting a project -- Project execution and tracking -- Designing a software development process -- Process improvement -- Understanding quality assurance -- Setting the direction -- Product roadmap and strategy -- Going forward.

Sommario/riassunto

In small but growing software companies, the engineering manager is in the unique position of having to deal with the technical team and other senior managers, while at the same time taking direction from the CEO. Once the company begins to grow, problems that once seemed small can explode into time-consuming crises. Growing Software offers critical advice for managing software development teams and the software that they're creating. The book deals with almost everything that a typical manager encounters-from personnel decisions and relations with other departments to project estimates and so