Book 3 - Software Engineers on their way to Pluto: We need your comment(s)!
We need your feedback in terms of our third book, which has gone into final revision. A "DRAFT" extract, including the first few chapter
s and the chapter on the Lightweight Scrum Process Template, can be found as a download at http://www.drp.co.za/Media/Books/tabid/67/Default.aspx under the item "Software Engineers on their way to Pluto" at the bottom.
Your comments would be appreciated in terms of the following queries ... please add comment to this post, whereby comments will be treated in confidentiality and not published:
- Does the book focus on an important topic?
- Should the book be included in developer readiness boot camps and training?
- Do you agree with the review of the developer as below? Please elaborate.
- Are the New Horizon books (book1: Best Practices for the Connoisseur, book2: Interoperability for the Connoisseur) focused on and consolidating experience from the field, for the community, of a high quality?
Review from developer:
"I enjoyed the book a great deal. It was interesting to read and rather addictive. There is a lot of information and food for thought that is explained in a very easy to read way. It is easy to understand and I think that even if you are totally clueless you would walk away with something from this book. I am certainly re-looking the way I work, it inspired me to go the extra mile and make sure that the products we deliver are worthy of going to Pluto and back. The storyline was pretty cool and even though I am not exactly what you would call a “space” guru, I think that it was far from over the top. Even if you have no interest in space at all you will find it a fun book to read. Good humour as well. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read your book."
Overview of book:
This book continues the discussion and sharing of best practices we introduced with the books “.NET Enterprise Solutions … Best Practices for the connoisseur, ISBN: 0-620-33013-9” and NET Enterprise Solutions … Interoperability for the Connoisseur, ISBN: 0-620-234680-9. Unlike its predecessors this book is not focused on technology, but instead takes a critical look at how we are typically building information technology solutions, the way we define the modus-operandi of the team and the product life cycle.
- Why are so many solutions failing before they reach a “happy” client?
- Why are so many solution teams stressed before they ship their solution?
We do not have the answer and will probably never find the necessary oracle … but we will nevertheless take a look at four typical software solution teams, building their own spaceship and flying to Pluto therein in search for answers.
Also featured is the Lightweight Scrum Process Template for the Team Foundation Server (TFS) developed by the community, for the community.
ISBN
978-0-620-38514-5