Ship it! : A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects

• Ship It! is a collection of tips that show the tools and techniques a successful project team has to use, and how to use them well. You'll get quick, easy-to-follow advice on modern practices: which to use, and when they should be applied. This book avoids current fashion trends and marketing hype; instead, readers find page after page of solid advice, all tried and tested in the real world. Aimed at beginning to intermediate programmers, Ship It! will show you:Which tools help, and which don'tHow to keep a project movingApproaches to scheduling that workHow to build developers as well as productWhat's normal on a project, and what's notHow to manage managers, end-users and sponsorsDanger signs and how to fix themFew of the ideas presented here are controversial or extreme; most experiencedprogrammers will agree that this stuff works. Yet 50 to 70 percent of allproject teams in the U.S. aren't able to use even these simple, well-acceptedpractices effectively. This book will help you get started.Ship It! begin
• s by introducing the common technicalinfrastructure that every project needs to get the job done. Readerscan choose from a variety of recommended technologies according totheir skills and budgets. The next sections outline the necessarysteps to get software out the door reliably, using well-accepted,easy-to-adopt, best-of-breed practices that really work.Finally, and most importantly, Ship It! presents commonproblems that teams face, then offers real-world advice on how tosolve them. [Publisher's text].
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• 1st edition.