Managing High-Intensity
Internet Projects
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The rapid-fire guide to
managing high-intensity software projects.
Today's high-intensity,
Internet-time projects: they're more than yesterday's management techniques can handle. To
succeed, you need to understand what's different, where the pitfalls are, what works, and
what doesn't. You need Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects. Legendary IT leader Ed
Yourdon delivers instant, practical solutions for key challenges associated with Internet
development. You'll discover how to:
- Manage
the brutal negotiations and politics surrounding Internet projects
- Develop
strategies that minimize risk
- Define
requirements that are flexible enough to adapt-and solid enough to work
- Transform
business processes, applications, and infrastructure at the same time
- Identify
tools and technologies that support fast-paced development without compromising your
future
- Maximize
the effectiveness and value of your testing processes
- Realistically
monitor your progress and make adjustments fast
Whether you're building B2B
or B2C, infrastructure or mobile applications, Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects
is your secret weapon-everything you need to deliver outstanding results on Internet time!
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In Managing High-Intensity
Internet Projects, Ed Yourdon delivers instant, practical solutions for virtually every
challenge you'll face in leading today's high-intensity, Internet-time projects. Yourdon's
breakthrough management techniques cover strategies, politics, processes, tools, and the
entire development lifecycle - from requirements through coding, monitoring progress
through testing and delivery.
Author Bio
ED YOURDON is author or
co-author of more than two dozen books, including Death March, The Decline and Fall of the
American Programmer, and The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer. In June
1997, he was inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame, joining notables such as Charles
Babbage, Seymour Cray, James Martin, Grace Hopper, Gerald Weinberg, and Bill Gates. Widely
known as co-developer of the popular Coad/Yourdon OO methodology, he founded and led
YOURDON, Inc., a consulting firm that trained over 250,000 people worldwide.
226 pages