<p>This is the most authoritative archive of Barry Boehm's contributions to software engineering. Featuring 42 reprinted articles, along with an introduction and chapter summaries to provide context, it serves as a "how-to" reference manual for software engineering best practices. It provides convenient access to Boehm's landmark work on product development and management processes. The book concludes with an insightful look to the future by Dr. Boehm.</p>

Software Engineering: Barry W. Boehm's Lifetime Contributions to Software Development, Management, and Research

Computers & Technology

Selby, Richard W.

Computer Science

Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

Microsoft commands the high ground of the information superhighway by owning the operating systems and basic applications programs that run on hundreds of millions of computers around the world. Beyond the unquestioned genius and vision of Bill Gates, what accounts for Microsoft's astounding success?Drawing on almost two years of on-site observation at Microsoft headquarters, eminent scientists Michael A. Cusumano and Richard W. Selby reveal many of Microsoft's innermost secrets. This inside report, based on forty in-depth interviews by authors who had access to confidential documents and project data, outlines the seven complementary strategies that characterize exactly how Microsoft competes and operates, including the Brain Trust of talented employees and exceptional management; bang for the buck competitive strategies and clear organizational goals that produce self-critiquing, learning, and improving; a flexible, incremental approach to product development; and a relentless pursuit of future markets.Cusumano and Selby's masterful analysis successfully uncovers the distinctive way in which Microsoft has combined all of the elements necessary to get to the top of an enormously important industry-and stay there.

Microsoft Secrets Lib/E: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People

Business & Money

Cusumano, Associate Professor of Management Michael A

Biography & History

Blackstone Publishing

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