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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Testa, Louis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software industry--Management.

Computer software industry.

Computer software industry--Technological innovations--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : No Starch Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593272258

1593272251

OCLC:

830164418