The book will review in a point/counter-point fashion all correct programming methodologies. It will show what's right or wrong with these and show where each can be most effectively used.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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"Wicked Problems" should be CS undergrad required reading, just as "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance" should be read by every mechanical engineer. Wicked problems doesn't wonder off into terminology and methodology, instead it teaches meta-methodology thinking, which will be vastly more useful in practical application. Learning the HOW of a design methodology is less critical in a career path than learning the WHY of all methodologies. That such a useful book is written in simple conversational style with great real world examples is a marvel. You want to build complex systems? You need to read this book.
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A detailed and well-supported essay on the the "waterfall" method of software development. The author defines a wicked problem and then explains the various leaks in the waterfall method for most software projects. Documented variations are then explained in detail and how they attempt to plug the leaks. Most of these include either spiral, prototyping, iterative, or incremental techniques to enhance one or several of the "classical" steps in the waterfall approach.
Finally several other methods of software development are discussed such as: "video / hollywood", "clean room", "scrum", and "sashimi". Overall the writing style was fluid and very easy to read however the content is somewhat dated when compared to the newer texts on agile methodologies. If you are committed to using the waterfall method or a variant then this book provides sound advice and good references.
Finally several other methods of software development are discussed such as: "video / hollywood", "clean room", "scrum", and "sashimi". Overall the writing style was fluid and very easy to read however the content is somewhat dated when compared to the newer texts on agile methodologies. If you are committed to using the waterfall method or a variant then this book provides sound advice and good references.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent overview of what software development processes folks are using, and how they are similar to or different from each other. It has pointers to additional information on each method. Now I can easily recognize what method or partial methods a project is using, and better predict what its weak points are going to be. I only wish I had read this book first.
Authors, please publish an updated version including more recent methods like extreme programming!
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Important influential book -> Why Waterfall is a bad idea
"Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions" was published 20 years from the point of this review. Within these 20 years, the book is dated yet also still amazingly up-to-date. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Bas Vodde
Great Background for Agile Developers
This book is a great foundation for those seeking to understand why waterfall methods don't work for this kinds of problems that today's software projects often set out to solve. Read more
Published on December 23, 2007 by Steve Berczuk
Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions - Now I understand!
As a software engineer, our profession is often faced with tackling business problems that are unique and do not fit with a particular way to solve the problem. Read more
Published on September 23, 2005 by Scott Brookhart
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I think this book has a point that another book doesn't have. But, simply put, I feel difficult to understand the point.
Unfortunately, this book is too old. Read more
Published on March 31, 2002 by Takuya Murata
Not just for software
The idea that many situations have overlapping problem & solution domains is immensely valuable. Read more
Published on November 28, 2000 by Lawrence R. Babb
Diagrams, charts, questions, and comments that make sense.
Want an analysis of software engineering techniques that will make you think? Want a text that is well written, organized, and contains more that than ususal fluff of these types... Read more
Published on September 7, 1997
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