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5 | Comprehensive, thorough and unique | This book has three things going for it:<br />(1) It describes the DBA function as it exists in the real world. More importantly, it breaks the categories of "DBA" out into specialities, such as system DBA, data architect, analysts and modelers, developers and data warehouse DBAs - each speciality is vastly different ... | [] | 0201741296 | 0201741296 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,859,785,000 | 26 | false |
5 | Focused on techniques and on doing them right | Books on software testing fall into two basic categories: (1) those that deal with the test process and (2) those that deal with the actual techniques. Most of the more recent books fall into the first category; although there is some degree of crossover in many of the books. This book, however, deals strictly with te... | [] | 0849308097 | 0849308097 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,856,167,000 | 31 | false |
5 | Applicable to more than auditors & compliance professionals | This is one of the few books about auditing and compliance that is written for general business managers instead of auditors. To be sure, the material represents an excellent training tool for auditors and compliance specialists who need to develop a company-wide awareness program as one tier in a comprehensive initia... | [] | 0471203351 | 0471203351 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,853,230,000 | 6 | false |
4 | Useful to me at the time | I bought this book specifically because it used building an LDAP solution to illustrate how to build Java applications. It fulfilled my expectations in that regard because the material went deep into details. If your sole goal was to learn LDAP and how to employ it as an enterprise solution this book would be worth its... | [] | 0596001231 | 0596001231 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,850,997,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent learning tool | Although intended as a supplement for textbooks used in college level business courses, this book is also valuable to working professionals who deal with financial modeling. Because I am a consultant and project manager I'm going to slant this review towards how my peers will benefit from the book. It's value outside... | [] | 0130675237 | 0130675237 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,848,606,000 | 53 | false |
5 | First mainstream book on the subject and still important | When this slender book was first published mainstream software test automation was like the weather - everyone talked about it, but nobody seemed to be doing anything about it. The author is a pioneer in software test automation, and wisely wrote a book that still has something valid to say seven years after it was fi... | [] | 0970746504 | 0970746504 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,725,016,000 | 15 | false |
5 | Decisions ... decisions ... | Of the three books that focus solely on work breakdown structures this is the most complete. The other two are "Nuts and Bolts Series 1--How to Build a Work Breakdown Structure" by Carl L. Pritchard, and "Project Management Institute Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures". The burning que... | [] | 1567261353 | 1567261353 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,681,152,000 | 74 | false |
5 | Even if you know the material you'll probably love it | I rarely get excited about a book that has information that I've already mastered, but this is an exception, and here are the reasons why:<br />- It's a short guide to the essential tools that will assure success if they are all used in planning, scheduling and controlling a project. In this respect the book is a mem... | [] | 0749424842 | 0749424842 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,678,746,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Focused on the topic and practical - highly recommended | This book's primary audience consists of SAP consultants and IT business systems analysts, and the ideal secondary audience should consist of business process owners in an R/3 environment, IT managers in all functional areas who are involved with developing, implementing and supporting supply chain and extended logist... | [] | 3540669833 | 3540669833 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,673,357,000 | 6 | false |
5 | A wealth of vaulable material packed into a 252 page book | The title of this excellent book is appropriate with respect to real world issues are addressed. It's unfortunate that the real world rarely reflects what's in this book, but that is offset by the good fortune that you can establish and manage a mature, effective test organization by following the well thought out adv... | [] | 0201877562 | 0201877562 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,670,914,000 | 8 | true |
5 | Complete focus on what's important: processes and management | If you're exploring an enterprise-wide solution, even if it isn't an ERP package, or are planning an implementation after the software has already been selected this book will prove invaluable. Unlike other books about ERP (and e-business and enterprise application integration for that matter), this one is focused on ... | [] | 0471392014 | 0471392014 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,668,919,000 | 50 | false |
5 | Old, but contains unique information that's still valid | Despite this book's age and the subsequent software reliability books that have since been published, it adds a perspective and information that is either not in more recent books, or is not given the same comprehensive treatment.<br />If you are familiar with software reliability as a discipline and with any of the ma... | [] | 0824787625 | 0824787625 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,491,943,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Slight vendor bias - excellent info + W3C spec coverage | Given the fact that XML is a key component of web services, and extensively used in e-commerce and enterprise applications integration, this book addresses a genuinely important topic. For one reason, XML is text-based and can expose proprietary information, which is a vulnerability for competitive intelligence specia... | [] | 0072193999 | 0072193999 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,489,830,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Well written and informative introduction to SSM | Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) is an offshoot of systems thinking and has its roots in Peter Checkland's seminal 1981 book, "Systems Thinking, Systems Practice" (now out of print). This book shows how to apply SSM to the problem sets for which it was designed: the unpredictable behavior of human actions, whi... | [] | 0471894893 | 0471894893 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,483,514,000 | 15 | false |
5 | Anthology of articles on QA in rapid deployment environments | This book is a collection of papers that address the full spectrum of testing issues and challenges in rapid development/rapid deployment environments. Although the title implies that this book is about quality and testing of web applications, many of the papers go well beyond that narrow scope.<br />The papers are di... | [] | 3540426329 | 3540426329 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,474,447,000 | 3 | false |
5 | The best book for org change & reengineering projects | This second edition is a minor update to the original that was published in 1994. When the first edition was published business process reengineering was in vogue. Today we're still doing reengineering, but it goes by the moniker of "organizational change management". A rose by any other name; however, this ... | [] | 0787958921 | 0787958921 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,466,282,000 | 24 | false |
5 | Wonderful intro to SPC and excellent training tool | This is essentially the same book as "SPC Simplified: Practical Steps to Quality". The key differences are that the material is sequenced differently and the emphasis is on using SPC in service industries. Like the book upon which it's based, it's divided into modules, each of which builds upon the precedin... | [] | 0527916390 | 0527916390 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,463,248,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Mining for gold | After you've peeled back the layers of testing techniques that are better documented and more refined in more recent books, and archaic language that characterized the mainframe lingo that was dying out when this book was first written a decade ago you'll find gold.<br />First, the way test case management is presented... | [] | 007040433X | 007040433X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,393,382,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Real world issues and solutions - excellent book! | This book contains one of the most forward-thinking collections of papers on e-business strategies that I've found between two covers. The material is based on work from MIT's Sloan School of Management and differs from most material coming from academia by being practical and reflecting what can be accomplished in the... | [] | 0787958484 | 0787958484 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,385,552,000 | 6 | false |
5 | Contains valuable info for HW/SW integration | This book, despite the editorial description on this page, is entirely about hardware/software integration as it pertains to managing acquisition risk for the buyer and the processes and procedures that need to be employed by the developer.<br />If you work within the framework of the FDA's General Principles of Softwa... | [] | 0070025665 | 0070025665 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,383,376,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Excellent book for CMM level 5 and 6-Sigma organizations | This book contains the keys to meeting core CMM level 5 requirements, which defines key processes for optimizing and continuous improvement, and for achieving 6-sigma processes. However, you need not be striving for either (or both) of these goals to use the techniques and approach in this book to full advantage.<br />... | [] | 0201604442 | 0201604442 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,380,975,000 | 9 | false |
5 | Clearly written tutorial and fact book on SW metrics | If you're working in SQA or managing software development projects this book is an excellent introductory text to statistical analysis. Although I found "Measuring the Software Process" by William Florac and Anita Carleton to me a more in-depth book that book assumes that you've established a metrics program... | [] | 0130417890 | 0130417890 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,378,692,000 | 11 | false |
5 | The basics and the essentials - great collection of articles | Project managers of all skill levels will find something useful in this collection of past articles from Project Management Journal and PM Network (Project Management Institute's quarterly professional journal and monthly magazine). As the title implies, the articles are about various aspects of project controls, with... | [] | 1880410648 | 1880410648 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,306,884,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Specialized collection of papers for specialized audience | The collection of papers in this book represent the collective knowledge of a diverse group of international experts. While this book has wide appeal to academic readers, it is also an invaluable source of material, case studies and approaches for consultants who specialize in IT management and/or strategic planning a... | [] | 187828990X | 187828990X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,303,407,000 | 5 | false |
5 | High-level, but covers the important points | If you're seeking a solid introduction to basic quality techniques and how to apply them to project management this book will meet your needs. It starts off with a macro view of quality, starting with why quality is important and how it meets both project and business objectives within the context of competitive advan... | [] | 1880410117 | 1880410117 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,301,136,000 | 10 | false |
5 | Aging gracefully with lots of life left - not for SW testing | This book represents a pivot point in Perry's prolific published works that date from 1981. What makes it pivotal is the fact that this book synthesizes his approach to IS quality assurance from a production support viewpoint and his future work which focuses on software testing.<br />Although over 11 years old the QA... | [] | 0471588040 | 0471588040 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,299,919,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Tired of RPG/400, JCL and the like? Here's a ticket out | If you're seeking a book that will prepare you for a career as a web developer, this isn't what you're looking for. It's neither a programming tutorial nor a book on specific environments, such as .NET. However, if you're doing maintenance programming in, say, RPG/400 or writing JCL and are wondering how you can refac... | [] | 0201704846 | 0201704846 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,131,234,000 | 29 | false |
5 | Compendium of articles for SPI & SPA practitioners | With exceptions that I've noted below this is an in-depth examination of standards, initiatives and methods for software process improvement (SPI) and software process assessment (SPA).<br />The book is divided into twelve chapters, each of which contains two or more papers written by top experts in the field, includin... | [] | 0769509991 | 0769509991 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,062,571,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Best intro for the new DBA - will get you quickly started | First, you need to know that this book is based on version 9i and is focused on the UNIX environment. If you're using Oracle 8i and have no immediate plans to upgrade you will find that the previous edition (ISBN 0595174485) to be more suitable.<br />The ideal audience for this book is the new Oracle DBA or UNIX syste... | [] | 0595223273 | 0595223273 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,056,953,000 | 11 | false |
5 | Unique approach that turns theory into practical solutions | This book contains an innovative and viable approach to securing databases, and one that I've not encountered anywhere else. In a nutshell the author provides techniques, based on standard SQL and Java, for securing sensitive data without restricting general access of less sensitive data to authorized users. The core... | [] | 0967584418 | 0967584418 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,053,904,000 | 23 | false |
5 | Complete reference for experienced developers | This book requires a solid working knowledge of XML and associated protocols (XLST, XPath, XML Schema), Python and Java), and is written for practicing developers who are involved with web services, e-commerce and extended supply chain applications. You should also be reasonably familiar with DOM, data structures and ... | [] | 0130889024 | 0130889024 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,051,740,000 | 10 | false |
5 | Comprehensive and covers a waide array of topics | At 1200 pages this book is probably one of the most complete references that one can have. It covers every conceivable topic, ranging from a good description of XML and how it evolved from SGML, to semantic web and web services (each of which are disciplines onto themselves).<br />Expected topics are given in-depth tr... | [] | 0130651982 | 0130651982 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,048,381,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Links strategy to policies & procedures + best practices | This book is the latest in Mr. Page's series of books on writing policies and procedures, and it the one that ties together his previous work. In particular this book extends his comprehensive "Achieving 100% Compliance of Policies and Procedures" book by adding both a process and an array of examples that p... | [] | 1929065078 | 1929065078 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,025,008,366,000 | 15 | false |
5 | College text that is based on the realities of e-commerce | This is more than a college text and it's of value to working professionals as well as to professors who want to provide a course that brings real world e-commerce issues into their curriculum.<br />What sets this book apart for the classroom is the web site that supports the book. This site has subscription services ... | [] | 0201748150 | 0201748150 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,950,647,000 | 26 | false |
5 | Clear roadmap to levels 2 and 3 | The author of this excellent book give a realistic roadmap to achieving CMM levels 2 and 3, which are major hurdles in capability maturity, especially level 2 from a culture-shock point of view.<br />What makes this book realistic is the way you're lead through the important steps, with a complete focus on what it take... | [] | 047141834X | 047141834X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,881,141,000 | 41 | false |
5 | 5th book on the topic by Humphrey - aimed at business execs | This book is well written and makes a compelling case for the author's personal and team software processes (PSP and TSP respectively). Whereas the first four books by Humphrey, published between 1989 and 1999, were aimed at individual software engineers and technical managers, this one is for higher level decision ma... | [] | 0201776391 | 0201776391 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,861,135,000 | 17 | false |
5 | Thorough reference for developers and architects | This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date (as of this review) reference on XML as defined by the W3C. Part I is more of a desk reference (with a lot of example code), which covers XML syntax, modeling and parsing, DTDs and schemas. Part II, also with many examples, is a complete treatment of parsing with APIs, with ... | [] | 0201703599 | 0201703599 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,828,442,000 | 7 | false |
5 | Highly refined approach to attaining IT Ops capability | The objectives of this book are to achieve an operational posture that is based on mature processes and an organizational structure that is efficient and delivers value to the business.<br />The authors take a pragmatic approach by making the distinction between best practices from an industry-wide perspective and sele... | [] | 0201767376 | 0201767376 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,801,731,000 | 6 | true |
5 | About defining and integrating PM processes - not about PM | This is not a book about project management per se, but a book about how to integrate project management processes into a large software development organization using analysis based on system dynamics.<br />If you are not familiar with system dynamics, it's a methodology for studying and managing complex feedback syst... | [] | 0138220409 | 0138220409 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,692,606,000 | 21 | false |
5 | Informative and coherent collection of papers | This book is a collection of papers that are divided into five parts, all addressing a specific aspect of business performance measurement. The parts and each paper contained in this book are as follows:<br />Part I. Functional Analyses: 1. Measuring performance: the accounting perspective, 2. Measuring performance: t... | [] | 052180342X | 052180342X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,683,751,000 | 14 | false |
5 | Best used as a course book | At 144 pages this book is a short introductory text and workbook that is designed to introduce systems thinking. It starts by building an awareness of systems thinking as a discipline, and by providing a series of learning activities that lead you through the basics.<br />The two main techniques that this book teaches... | [] | 1883823129 | 1883823129 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,681,128,000 | 88 | false |
5 | Finally! | This is a book that fills a sorely needed gap in the computer consulting industry, and is especially valuable for start-up consulting companies, established companies that want to achieve higher profitability, and for internal IT organizations that are seeking a way to move from a cost center to a profit center.<br />R... | [] | 0130353892 | 0130353892 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,646,204,000 | 16 | false |
5 | No fluff - provides a clear roadmap to implementing change | If you are involved in organizational change, including the introduction and rollout of new systems, steering company culture and/or reengineering this book is a gem. What sets it apart from other books on the subject is that it has no fluff - it jumps directly into what you need to do and how you need to do it to meet... | [] | 0787956406 | 0787956406 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,643,262,000 | 24 | false |
5 | Effective techniques and easy reading | I've read more than 50 books on project management, and have reviewed a good number of them, but this is the first one that was fun to read. The author manages to keep the tone light and conversational, yet touch all of the important aspects of successfully managing software projects. While I am one of those die hard... | [] | 0201748061 | 0201748061 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,476,416,000 | 15 | false |
5 | Excellent business and technical overviews of ERP | This book bridges the business and IT domains. It educates business process owners on the capabilities and technologies that provide tools to support operations, and gives IT insights into how to best develop and deploy systems that meet business requirements.<br />Integration is assumed to be within the context of ER... | [] | 1574443038 | 1574443038 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,473,130,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Practical and informative | This unique and information rich book manages to tie intellectual capital to competitive advantage together in practical terms. What makes this book different from most is that other books tend to either focus on knowledge management as a process or go deep into details of that discipline, or treat the value of knowle... | [] | 0750670886 | 0750670886 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,467,460,000 | 3 | false |
5 | For experienced business modelers - short on technques | This book is not about modeling techniques. Instead it's a compendium of papers that address the underlying issues and factors related to business modeling from the point of view of business imperatives and requirements. The papers are grouped in three parts: (I) Development on Different Levels, which addresses found... | [] | 3540652493 | 3540652493 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,464,642,000 | 1 | false |
5 | SOlid desk reference that is up-to-date as of 6/18/02 | The audience for this book are architecture and integration group members, making this book an ideal addition to group libraries. The focus is on ERP architecture, although the range of topics overlap into non-ERP domains, and is best used as a desk reference because it's a collection of short papers written by 70+ au... | [] | 0849311497 | 0849311497 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,456,909,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Mature Organizational Change Ideas and Practices | This book is one of the best repositories of ideas and practical information about organizational change management that I've come across. While I've been heavily influenced by many of Thomas H. Davenport's books, I've found a wealth of fresh ideas in this book because each chapter is a paper written by one or more ex... | [] | 1878289683 | 1878289683 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,439,669,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Technology oriented collection of essays | This book is technology-focused with an emphasis on software-to-business alignment from the perspectives of quality and fit. It's a collection of papers that cover the range of related topics, including systems dynamics, object-oriented business process modeling, exploiting knowledge in adaptive workflow systems and m... | [] | 1580530508 | 1580530508 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,024,436,087,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Superb book for PM processes and PMO | This is one of the few books that covers project management as a coherent process while providing detailed guidance for enterprise-level program management.<br />The project management processes covered are strikingly similar to PRINCE2 (the UK PM standard), especially with respect to organizational structure. If your... | [] | 027364436X | 027364436X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,897,120,000 | 9 | true |
5 | Covers major vendor offerings and middleware in general | This collection of papers is divided among eight major topic areas, each on a specific middleware category. The main value of this book is the wide range of technologies and vendor solutions, and the fact that it's up to date (at the time of this review).<br />I like the complete coverage of both transaction and queui... | [] | 0849312728 | 0849312728 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,342,854,000 | 20 | false |
5 | Serendipity | I purchased this book on a whim expecting another mediocre book on IT business investment. Instead I got a deeply influential book about how to effectively assure project success and realize best value from IT investments.<br />This book maintains a brisk, but easy-to-follow pace - by page 18 you get nine unwarranted ... | [] | 1890009946 | 1890009946 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,339,394,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Seminal book that is still up-to-date | This book is classified as a seminal work in that it was the first mainstream book to address software reliability. The author is considered to be one of the founders of the discipline. Although the body of knowledge has grown significantly since this book was first published it remains a valid text because unlike te... | [] | 007044093X | 007044093X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,062,950,000 | 8 | false |
5 | Still valid despite age and necessary foundation material | Although this book is 11 years old the material is as useful today to software engineers who are seeking foundation material about reliability modeling as when it was first written. If you're working with software reliability your primary resources are probably by John D. Musa. Unlike John D. Musa's body of work, the ... | [] | 9810206402 | 9810206402 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,059,626,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Closes gaps in the Unified Process (or any other SDLC) | In the Unified Process (or any systems life cycle) the milestones/phases up to transition are well documented, but these represent the tip of the iceberg with respect to determining project success and total cost of ownership. This unique book examines the transition and production support requirements, addressing som... | [] | 157820092X | 157820092X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,052,621,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Wide survey of data mining and data warehousing issues | This is a collection of papers that cover salient issues in data warehousing with an emphasis on business intelligence, data mining and knowledge management applications. While many of the papers in this book are more useful to technical professionals, there is a lot of material that will also be useful to marketing a... | [] | 1931777020 | 1931777020 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,051,431,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Superb & filled with useful and practical info | This is one of the best introductory books on data warehousing I've read. The authors make few assumptions of reader knowledge beyond the fact that they are IT professionals who have a technical background that doesn't necessarily include database and data warehouse knowledge. They do assume a basic knowledge of IT o... | [] | 0471412546 | 0471412546 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,023,050,004,000 | 25 | false |
5 | Definitive reference and unique source of information | This is, to the best of my knowledge, the only book that covers professional services from a technical workforce and consulting perspective. In the past I gleaned information and techniques from books about managing professional services from the perspective of law firms and other industries - good information to be s... | [] | 0471230189 | 0471230189 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,965,307,000 | 12 | false |
5 | Practical and solid approach to selecting software | This book provides both selection criteria and a process in which to apply them. It's based on the author's R2ISC method. This method stands for Requirements (current and future), Implementability, Supportability and Cost. Both the criteria and the process are provided in detail and in a step-by-step approach, which ... | [] | 0814405533 | 0814405533 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,963,903,000 | 7 | false |
5 | Useful as a secondary resource to the right audience | This book is an excellent secondary companion to "Component Based Software Engineering" by Heineman and Councill. It is a secondary text for practitioners and academics that will provide insights into a narrow slice of component-based software engineering issues.<br />Organization is a collection of papers that are gr... | [] | 0521771641 | 0521771641 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,729,718,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Finally - a book on risk management that's fun to read | This is probably one of the most unique books on IT project risk management in that it doesn't go into the process and techniques of risk management, but in the common risks and how to deal with them.<br /><br />Don't expect qualitative or quantitative risk assessment methods, or even a risk management process that is ... | [] | 1852335556 | 1852335556 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,583,533,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent refresher and reference for working professionals | This book is an excellent intermediate-level text on decision analysis that deals with both uncertainty and risk. It uses realistic examples that working professionals will appreciate and to which they can relate.<br />It's written as a tutorial that uses two tools, Sensitivity, which is used with the chapters dealing... | [] | 0971056900 | 0971056900 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,583,438,000 | 18 | false |
5 | Modern lessons in integrity and ethics | This book has four levels:<br />(1) A personal account of an individual of high moral integrity who took a stand against a large, powerful corporation and lost. At this level the book is a moral compass for each of us because as the story unfolds there are indications of compromises that could have been made on both s... | [] | 0971610363 | 0971610363 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,583,319,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Complete, practical and proven approach to testing | This book provides a detailed roadmap for establishing and managing a comprehensive test process that is closely aligned to the IEEE standards for software testing. The process, called Systematic Test and Evaluation Process (STEP) is designed to improve quality by early involvement in the development life cycle instead... | [] | 1580535089 | 1580535089 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,059,822,000 | 28 | false |
5 | Wealth of information on an important topic | This is a niche book that has a narrow, but important, focus. The approach the author takes is to apply mature defect management techniques that were proven in procedural development environments to object-oriented development.<br />The context of defect management in this book is defect density (defining the developm... | [] | 0130609285 | 0130609285 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,059,664,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Solid introduction to the technology and how to employ it | This book is not overly technical. It's written to provide a basic, but complete, introduction to mobile commerce from a business strategy point of view. It helps you answer some fundamental questions, such as:<br />Does mobile commerce make sense as a part of our business strategy?<br />What does it take to implemen... | [] | 0201788985 | 0201788985 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,022,056,610,000 | 18 | false |
5 | More serious than the title implies - excellent book | Don't let the title or description fool you into thinking this is a book about ad hoc playing with applications with a goal to break them. In reality the book gives a structured approach to finding vulnerabilities in software. These vulnerabilities are weak points commonly found in software, and should be included in... | [] | 0201796198 | 0201796198 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,888,062,000 | 62 | false |
5 | A gem with a high ROI | In just 94 information-packed pages this book manages to not only cover the key points of auditing the sales process, but also gives excellent advice on the act of selling itself.<br />As a consultant whose role supports sales professionals, I had come to believe that sales was an art and the best sales professionals w... | [] | 0873893379 | 0873893379 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,878,380,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Excellent ILS reference, with potential commercial uses | My motivation for buying this book came from my extensive experience with material maintenance management during my 22 year career in the navy, and subsequent experience with integrated logistics in Department of Defense contracting. I used the first edition of this book as a reference when I was on a proposal team for... | [] | 0070331391 | 0070331391 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,875,873,000 | 13 | false |
5 | Finally in English! | My first introduction to TMAP was in "Test Process Improvement: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Structured Testing" which the author co-authored. It piqued my interest, but unfortunately all of the literature on TMAP was written in Dutch. This book makes this powerful test management approach available to... | [] | 0201745712 | 0201745712 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,758,022,000 | 15 | false |
5 | For mature, stable test organizations | This book provides a coherent process improvement approach for software testing. It provides a model that supports the assessment of strengths and weaknesses of an existing software testing process and an approach for developing and implementing remedial action to rectify the weaknesses. As such this book is not usef... | [] | 0201596245 | 0201596245 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,755,328,000 | 10 | true |
5 | Remains one of the best | Five years after he wrote "Practical Software Metrics for Project Management and Process Improvement" Grady followed-up on the foundation he laid by showing how his metrics-based approach can be leveraged into a viable process improvement program. This book uses the TQM Plan-Do-Check-Act framework as the bas... | [] | 0136266231 | 0136266231 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,753,450,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Seamless integration of development and project activities | This is Grady's first book and it sets the tone for his later two books, Successful Software Process Improvement and Software Metrics: Establishing a Company-wide Program. What makes this book so important is that it is one of the first to integrate software metrics with project management metrics.<br />What I particu... | [] | 0137203845 | 0137203845 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,751,124,000 | 12 | false |
5 | Raises the bar for SW testing books | Teaches good habits to new testers, and offers much to experienced test professionals. I cannot imagine a better introductory book for software testers because this much needed text bypasses the theory that similar books inundate you with and goes straight to the essence of what testers spend most of their time doing: ... | [] | 0201719746 | 0201719746 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,663,666,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Among the most influential books I've read | I was expecting a book about quantitative methods and advanced problem solving techniques. What I got, instead, was a book that didn't even discuss numbers until page 111 of a 221 page book, and it was lite on problem solving techniques. Although it was not what I expected it turned out to be one of those rare books t... | [] | 0970601905 | 0970601905 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,281,090,000 | 125 | false |
5 | Definitive work | This book examines the social, legal and technical issues surrounding online privacy. Not only is the consumer side of privacy examined, but the business side from a marketing point of view is also discussed to present a balanced view of the key issues from both sides of the equation.<br />Mr. Curtin is an expert in p... | [] | 1893115720 | 1893115720 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,191,970,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Applies to all businesses, but especially consultants | This book is applicable to all businesses and industries, but my review is from the perspective of an IT consultant. In my profession we've all signed a nondosclosure agreement at one time or another, and we frequently make presentations or provide information that discloses trade secrets, or business-sensitive inform... | [] | 0873376463 | 0873376463 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,189,767,000 | 15 | false |
5 | Important if you publish on paper or run a web site | Regardless of whether you use the Internet or do traditional publishing work, you need to know how to get permission to use the work of others. On the Internet this increasingly important in view of the issues surrounding deep linking and related challenges in a world where a simple HTML tag to someone else's work can... | [] | 087337536X | 087337536X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,187,976,000 | 10 | false |
5 | First step in due diligence and protecting your work | This book focuses solely on what you need to know about software copyrights and how to go about obtaining one. In addition to covering the basics of copyrights, you're shown how to sell copyrights, what to do in the event of infringement, and the limits of protection that a copyright affords you. Note that patents off... | [] | 0873377192 | 0873377192 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,187,110,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Invaluable and essential for developers and buyers | This book/CD ROM combination covers intellectual property from a developer's (and buyer's) perspective. It is both a tutorial in the basics and is filled with useful advice about all relevent issues, including employee and contractor agreements, trade secret protection, copyright rights (assignment, ownership and rela... | [] | 0873376455 | 0873376455 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,186,181,000 | 28 | false |
5 | Unique, practical and excellent for PMOs | This book extends beyond control to encompass three important areas that begins with project selection, and adds to how projects are planned and scheduled. These areas are:<br />1. Set of tools and approach for governance and program management.<br />2. Adds profitability as a dimension to project management.<br />3. ... | [] | 0471328596 | 0471328596 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,171,932,000 | 4 | true |
5 | Outstanding collection of advanced technqiues | If you aren't versed in advanced project management techniques this book will be overwhelming. More important you may pick up misleading information. However, if you are a battle-scared veteran of software development projects and have a full understanding of earned value project management, estimating techniques and... | [] | 0201309580 | 0201309580 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,171,851,000 | 18 | true |
5 | Essential for PMOs and mature project organizations | This book is ROI-focused and integrates the people and process elements of project management with a balanced scorecard approach. One of the authors, Jack J. Phillips, has extensive experience and a large published body of knowledge in the domains of HR, ROI and scorecard development. This book has his touch, and cov... | [] | 0750674490 | 0750674490 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,171,724,000 | 38 | false |
5 | Formal approach to system and business event mgmt | This book applies structured engineering methods to systems and software engineering, making it a unique and much needed addition to the body of knowledge. Prior to this book event processing was in the domain of embedded and realtime systems developers and hardware designers. This book shows how to effectively use t... | [] | 0201727897 | 0201727897 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,021,110,098,000 | 13 | false |
5 | Sound investment for the right audience | This is an expensive book that will be a sound investment for the right audience and a disappointment to others. The right audience consists of high-level management in business process domains, IT executive management, marketing and strategic planners.<br />I'll start with what this book is not, which will help you d... | [] | 0791341089 | 0791341089 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,020,541,043,000 | 2 | false |
5 | For experienced practitioners - not an introductory book | The value of this book is that it examines software process improvement from the perspective of business value instead of why it makes sense from a software engineering process point of view. I found this refreshing because too many books on this topic are focused on the technical advantages and give lip service to bu... | [] | 1878289543 | 1878289543 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,020,538,728,000 | 0 | false |
5 | High value resource | The 1175 policies contained in this book are also provided in soft copy on the accompanying CD ROM, making this one of the most valuable resources to companies that need to cost-effectively develop and implement policies. This book is also particularly valuable for consultants, although the licensing appears to restri... | [] | 1881585077 | 1881585077 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,020,537,837,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Practical insteal of theoretical | This book is for risk management professionals, or those who work with risk management (project managers, IT security and business continuity professionals and engineers) who want or need to master advanced risk management techniques based on real world issues and factors. Although the book is focused on risk managemen... | [] | 1563473836 | 1563473836 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,020,535,840,000 | 20 | false |
5 | College text that is valuable to working professionals | This college-level text is also useful to business and IT professionals because it provides a refresher for decision techniques that are the foundation of a number of disciplines. The book is divided into two parts: (1) deterministic methods, mainly focused on linear programming and optimization, and (2) probability ... | [] | 0521781183 | 0521781183 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,020,534,428,000 | 24 | false |
5 | Elegant, Effective and Powerful | The Feature-Driven Development (FDD) method proposed and described in this book is elegant in that it combines simplicity and power, and effective because it will deliver applications that support business requirements.<br />Although the approach is based on object-oriented development, and the book is focused towards ... | [] | 0130676152 | 0130676152 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,801,153,000 | 17 | false |
5 | Short, focused and filled with useful information | Read this book with an open mind because it is going to expose specification and planning shortcomings in the major methodologies, such as the Microsoft Solutions Framework, Unified Process, Unified Modeling Language. In fact he states in the preface that he does not expect readers to agree with everything in this boo... | [] | 0130654140 | 0130654140 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,668,460,000 | 12 | false |
5 | A major key to ISO 9001:2000 certification | There is a single sentence in the new ISO 9001:2000 requirements that makes this book essential: "Customer perception, as to whether customer requirements have been met, shall be monitored". This book's sole purpose is to provide you with ISO 9001-friendly techniques for meeting the requirements in that sent... | [] | 0873895002 | 0873895002 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,465,704,000 | 11 | false |
5 | Fast-paced, focused and fluff-free | This book is for advanced practitioners in marketing, contact center/customer care and other business and technical domains that need to gather and quantitatively analyze customer satisfaction data. The focus is customer satisfaction for services more than products, but it can be used effectively in either scenario.<b... | [] | 0873894537 | 0873894537 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,462,804,000 | 17 | false |
5 | Lays the foundation | This seminal book was the most complete mainstream text on the subject when it was first published in 1991. The reason it remains popular eleven years later (which is an extraordinary life for a computer book) is because it's an applied mathematics book that focuses solely on performance analysis, simulation and measu... | [] | 0471503363 | 0471503363 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,450,940,000 | 18 | false |
5 | Synthesizes PD, RD and JAD | This ground breaking book blends the best of PD (Participatory Design), RD (Rapid Development) and JAD (joint application development). To this synthesis it adds modern elements such as business rules. To understand why this book is a ground breaking work a little history is in order. Participatory design (PD) began i... | [] | 0201786060 | 0201786060 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,424,608,000 | 26 | false |
5 | Solid, readable and covers topics not found elsewhere | Although this book's full value will be realized if you understand the C programming language (he uses source code it illustrate points throughout the book and provides a C library for performance analysis on the accompanying disk), anyone with good math skills will gain much from this outstanding book.<br />The core a... | [] | 059512674X | 059512674X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,421,144,000 | 18 | true |
5 | Lives up to its title! | This is one of those rare books that delivers what the title claims. It gives in-depth instructions on Firewall-1 installation, configuration and troubleshooting, and also includes additional material on security and networking that goes beyond what the title promises.<br />What I especially liked about this book are ... | [] | 0201699508 | 0201699508 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,419,778,000 | 8 | false |
5 | Goes well beyond software estimating | This book is a panoramic view of metrics across the enterprise. Although the book is written by members of the International Function Point Users Group it goes well beyond software estimating. It encompasses measurement techniques that are consistent with function points, but are also useful when applied to other met... | [] | 020174158X | 020174158X | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,197,276,000 | 11 | false |
5 | Perfect balance of technical & business + sage advice | Jill Dyché is one author who never disappoints, and this book is as straightforward and balanced as her first, e-data. Like her first book this one is a balance between technical and business aspects that make it suitable for IT and business process owners. The technical topics are so clearly presented that business ... | [] | 0201730626 | 0201730626 | AG3S4FROO422V5KP7DJCBXVUQLJQ | 1,019,164,086,000 | 15 | false |
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