[CVALE] Seeking Book Recommendation

[Matt R Hall]

On 4/17/07, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a good book on managing software development? Although
> I'm an open source developer, I'd really like to learn about the software
> management techniques used by corporations large and small.

It would be worth considering some books on agile development. The one
I used to learn about it in college was
http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Software-Development-Alistair-Cockburn/dp/0201699699
.

Agile development is a very modern style of development often used on
small, flexible teams for things that go far beyond just open source
work, and include a lot of changing requirements or other complex
project risks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_development

Having just been battle-hardened by finishing a horrid putrid
traditional project run using the waterfall methodology of old, all I
can say is, avoid it like the plague. It's completely unworkable.

> Landon