Book Review
Anti-Patterns & Patterns in Software Configuration Management by William J Brown
Recommended
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| ISBN: 0 471 32929 0
Publisher: Wiley
Pages: 316
Price: £29-50
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| Categories: patterns
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| Reviewed by
Mark Easterbrook
in Overload OL37 (May 2000) |
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The misquote 'It does exactly what it says on the cover'
springs to mind for this book, in that it is a reference book
containing good and bad models for the management of software
development.
Although it assumes some knowledge of the software life cycle, the
introduction does a good job of explaining the nature of patterns
and anti-patterns and the template used to present them in the book.
The bulk of the content is a series of anti-patterns in three
sections; software configuration management, management and process
and requirements and testing. Each pattern is presented in a clear
and readable fashion, with numerous examples covering different
project sizes, locations and industries.
I have two reservations about the book, the first is the price which
at $45 is too high for the quantity of advice presented and the
second that there are more anti-patterns than patterns which gives
the overall feel that it is documenting the negative rather than
providing guidance to successful software development. Recommended.
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Authors with the same surname
Brown
Advanced COBOL (3rd ed) by Gary DeWard Brown [Recommended] (Reviewed Sep 2000)
AntiPatterns in Project Management by William J Brown [Recommended] (Reviewed Sep 2000)
AntiPatterns by William Brown [Recommended] (Reviewed Jul 1998)
C++: The Core Language by Brown & Satir [Not Recommended] (Reviewed Jan 1997)
Embedded Systems Programming in C and Assembly by John Forest Brown [Not Recommended] (Reviewed Jul 1994)
Embedded Systems Programming in C and Assembly by John Forest Brown [Recommended] (Reviewed Jul 1995)
Lex & yacc (2nd edition) by Brown & Mason [Recommended] (Reviewed Jan 1993)
Lex & yacc by Brown & Mason [Recommended] (Reviewed May 1992)
PC Interrupts (Second Edition) by Ralf Brown & Jim Kyle (Reviewed May 1994)
PC Interrupts by Ralf Brown & Jim Kyle [Recommended] (Reviewed Mar 1992)
Software Developer's Internet Directory by Ralf Brown & Jim Kyle (Reviewed May 1997)
Uninterrupted Interrupts by Ralf Brown & Jim Kyle (Reviewed Jul 1996)
Web Site Construction Kit for Windows NT by Brown & Zimmerman (Reviewed Jan 1997)
Windows 95 Bug Collection by Bruce Brown [Recommended] (Reviewed Jul 1996)
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