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What? Me review?

Andy Tegethoff — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:25:29 -0800

Certainly -- I'd like to write some more reviews.
I went through some gyrations about how worthwhile this one would be, but its value has become apparent as I've continued reading. Like I indicated, I bet I'll end up loaning this one out or just straight giving it to a manager type sometime. That's the intended audience, and it's aim is dead-on.

I'll have to check that article out. Thanks for the heads-up
-A

Craig Larman

Daniel Read — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:17:59 -0800

I have not yet read the Craig Larman agile methods book you mention, but I liked reading his UML/patterns book, the first edition of which he wrote (if I'm not mistaken) before later becoming interested in agile methods (it's now in a third edition, and still a bestseller). Another piece of writing from Larman that I've liked is this article about "protected variation" as an alternate term for David Parnas's groundbreaking concept of "information hiding." (PDF)

Hopefully soon I'll have the new developerdotstar.com Books area up and running and maybe you can post a review when you're done with the book.

Dan

Agile Reading

Andy Tegethoff — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:35:49 -0800

Anytime I get involved in a position where someone is clamoring for a heavyweight up-front requirements period, or for extensive documentation, or where people immediately start in with "it's not time to talk about code yet," my spider-sense goes off like an H-Bomb....