Tom DeMarco Livres

Most software project problems are sociological, not technological. Peopleware is a book on managing software projects.

The papers were selected from more than a dozen sources, including IEEE Computer, Software—Practice & Experience, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and Communications of the ACM.

Opportunity knocking. Standing up to kalbfuss. Silikon valejit. The CD-Rom plant. NNL. The world's greatest project manager. Taking on staff. The eminent Dr. Rizzoli. Ex-General Markov. Abdul Jamid. The sinister minister belok. The numbers man. Quickerstill. Morovia's first programer. Think fast. Planning for the summer games. The guru of conflict resolution. Maestro diyeniar. Interlude. Part and whole. Standing on ceremony. Endgame begins. The year's hottest IPO. Passing through riga on the way home

Demarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. Their answers aren't easy--just incredibly successful. New second edition features eight all-new chapters. Softcover. Previous edition: c1987. DLC: Management.

Any software project that's worth starting will be vulnerable to risk. Since greater risks bring greater rewards, a company that runs away from risk will soon find itself lagging behind its more adventurous competition. By ignoring the threat of negative outcomes—in the name of positive thinking or a Can-Do attitude—software managers drive their organizations into the ground. In Waltzing with Bears, Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister—the best-selling authors of Peopleware—show readers how to identify and embrace worthwhile risks. Developers are then set free to push the limits. You'll find that risk management * makes aggressive risk-taking possible* protects management from getting blindsided* provides minimum-cost downside protection* reveals invisible transfers of responsibility* isolates the failure of a subproject. Readers are taught to identify the most common risks faced by software projects: * schedule flaws* requirements inflation* turnover* specification breakdown* and under-performance. Packed with provocative insights, real-world examples, and project-saving tips, Waltzing with Bears is your guide to mitigating the risks—before they turn into problems.

If your company’s goal is to become fast, responsive, and agile, more efficiency is not the answer--you need more slack.Why is it that today’s superefficient organizations are ailing? Tom DeMarco, a leading management consultant to both Fortune 500 and up-and-coming companies, reveals a counterintuitive principle that explains why efficiency efforts can slow a company down. That principle is the value of slack, the degree of freedom in a company that allows it to change. Implementing slack could be as simple as adding an assistant to a department and letting high-priced talent spend less time at the photocopier and more time making key decisions, or it could mean designing workloads that allow people room to think, innovate, and reinvent themselves. It means embracing risk, eliminating fear, and knowing when to go slow. Slack allows for change, fosters creativity, promotes quality, and, above all, produces growth.With an approach that works for new- and old-economy companies alike, this revolutionary handbook debunks commonly held assumptions about real-world management, and gives you and your company a brand-new model for achieving and maintaining true effectiveness.

Set in a once-grand Maine island summer cottage during the late 1940s, the narrative unfolds a comedy of manners through a diverse cast of characters. A simple love story is enriched with intriguing details about the mansion's questionable past, while gentle satire adds depth to the tale. Tom DeMarco crafts a touching and memorable novel that captures the essence of an idyllic summer, blending humor and heart in a delightful exploration of relationships and social dynamics.

This classic book of tools and methods for the analyst brings order and precisions to the specification process as it provides guidance and development of a structured specification. Covers functional decomposition; data dictionary; process specification; system modeling; structured analysis for a future system. Suitable for practicing systems analysts.

Angelica Everhardtht is not your typical teenage girl. She's a Witch, but not your typical Witch either. She's what is known as a Darkling. The most powerful and dangerous being in existence. Darkling's are a danger to themselves and everyone around them. Ancient laws state that Angelica shouldn't even be alive. Her very existence threatens the Magical Societies that have remained hidden for thousands of years. Thanks to her powerful and influential family, she could live, but only if she was placed under a powerful spell that bound her magic. For the past fifteen years, she has been living a somewhat normal life in her small town of Crystal Falls. She attends school and hangs out with her best friends. Her only worry is dealing with the constant badgering of her arch rival. Sounds normal right? All that changes when a horrific vision, sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter her life. Powerful forces threaten to unleash the monster within her, and secrets that have been kept for years will be revealed.

»Mit diesem Buch lernst du in zwei Tagen mehr als in zwei Jahren bei irgendwelchen Business-College-Kursen und es kostet dich einen Bruchteil.« »Geh zur Schule, finde einen guten Job, spare 10 Prozent deines Gehalts, kaufe ein gebrauchtes Auto, vertraue deine Ersparnisse der Börse an, und eines Tages, wenn du 67 bist, kannst du reich in Rente gehen.« Ist dieser Finanzplan der Mittelmäßigkeit wirklich ein verlässlicher Plan, um Wohlstand zu schaffen? Dabei gibt es eine Alternative, quasi die Überholspur zu außergewöhnlichem Reichtum. M. J. DeMarco zeigt, warum die meisten Menschen scheitern und welche Strategien und Geschäftsideen ihnen den Weg zu unbegrenztem Wohlstand in wenigen Jahren und nicht erst in der Rente möglich machen. Dieses Buch hilft, umzudenken, die Spur zu wechseln und herauszufinden, wie man ein Leben lang reich leben kann.