Software Conflict: Essays on the Art and Science of Software Engineering (Yourdon Press Computing Series) [Paperback]

Robert L. Glass (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 367 pages
• Publisher: Yourdon (November 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0138261571
• ISBN-13: 978-0138261573
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,989,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Robert L. Glass held his first job in computing in 1954. Author of over 25 books, he is one of the true pioneers of the software field. He is the editor and publisher of The Software Practitioner newsletter, and has written regular columns for Communications of the ACM, IEEE Software, and Information Systems Management. In 1995 he was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Linkoping University of Sweden, and in 1999 he was named a Fellow of the ACM professional society. His unique viewpoint and timeless (often contrarian!)writings have for decades offered insights to practitioners, managers, professors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and students alike. Recent books include Software Conflict 2.0 and Software Creativity 2.0, from developer.* Books, Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering, from Addison-Wesley, and The Dark Dide of Software Engineering, from Wiley/IEEE CS Press.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite timeless, but pretty close, February 27, 2010

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Bob Glass has a way of cutting through the usual obfuscation of topics that plague the software development industry, and this book is no exception. Some of the material is quite dated and hard to relate to if the reader hasn't lived through it (such as "catalogs" of software). The book is a short read though (I finished it on a couple of bus rides) and is worth going through, even if only to see where the profession has been and what has been apparently forgotten on the path to where we are now.