Synopses & Reviews
Death march projects are becoming increasingly common in the software industry. Projects have high risks of failure, while management is either blind to the situation or has no alternative. The author has written a wise and highly readable book on the entire death march phenomenon and the best way to steer through one. He takes a close look at the types of projects that often become death marches and the corporate politics and culture that typically produce them. This book will help you examine your own motivations and those of corporate managers who enable death marches to take shape.
Synopsis
In the course of a career, nearly every software developer will encounter projects that are "doomed to fail." In this bestselling book, now in paperback, Ed Yourdon presents specific techniques for surviving those projects--and even helping them to succeed. Yourdon walks step-by-step through the entire project life cycle. He presents never-before-published, specific tips and techniques that will ring true to any developer or manager faced with the impossible.