- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (May 19 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 013590126X
- ISBN-13: 978-0135901267
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #730,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The book will review in a point/counter-point fashion all correct programming methodologies. It will show what's right or wrong with these and show where each can be most effectively used.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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The starting point for real world software development, Jan 14 1998
By Jonathan@webware-inc.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms (Paperback)
"Wicked Problems" should be CS undergrad required reading, just as "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance" should be read by every mechanical engineer. Wicked problems doesn't wonder off into terminology and methodology, instead it teaches meta-methodology thinking, which will be vastly more useful in practical application. Learning the HOW of a design methodology is less critical in a career path than learning the WHY of all methodologies. That such a useful book is written in simple conversational style with great real world examples is a marvel. You want to build complex systems? You need to read this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Drowning in "Waterfall", Nov 4 2005
By Robert Bogetti "www.rlbogetti.com" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms (Paperback)
A detailed and well-supported essay on the the "waterfall" method of software development. The author defines a wicked problem and then explains the various leaks in the waterfall method for most software projects. Documented variations are then explained in detail and how they attempt to plug the leaks. Most of these include either spiral, prototyping, iterative, or incremental techniques to enhance one or several of the "classical" steps in the waterfall approach.Finally several other methods of software development are discussed such as: "video / hollywood", "clean room", "scrum", and "sashimi". Overall the writing style was fluid and very easy to read however the content is somewhat dated when compared to the newer texts on agile methodologies. If you are committed to using the waterfall method or a variant then this book provides sound advice and good references.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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An excellent overview of software development methods, Aug 8 2000
By asparagi "Brenda L" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms (Paperback)
This is an excellent overview of what software development processes folks are using, and how they are similar to or different from each other. It has pointers to additional information on each method. Now I can easily recognize what method or partial methods a project is using, and better predict what its weak points are going to be. I only wish I had read this book first.Authors, please publish an updated version including more recent methods like extreme programming!
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