Alex Iskold

Great book!, Jun 27 2004

Whether you are a novoice or have been practicing TDD, this book is worth reading. It is really well organized, has great examples and explains how to use available TDD tools.
Great job, David!

A real disappointment, Jun 27 2004

This book sets the expectations for grandiose and profound insights on software engineering, but it really failed to deliver.

To be fair, there are some good insights, but they are buried in lots of 'water' and structure less presentation. The points that author wants to emphasize appear in bold. Instead of bolding important things out, how about refactoring this book from 500+ pages to 200?

But the amount of 'water' is by far not the only problem with the book. For example, the author has made a point to use lots of practical modeling examples in the book. However, these examples lack continuity, as he they try cover too much. It would be better to develop 1 example through entire… Read more

Simple and powerful, July 3 2003

In a simple, almost primitive language Gerstner describes how he orchestrated historic turnaround at IBM. The book combines history with tips and observation and paints a picture of IBM from outside and inside. Gerstner is a genius of simple, but powerful actions. His insights are valuable for every manager
on all scales; his passion for excellence and winning is admirable.