Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms [Facsimile] [Paperback]

Peter DeGrace (Author), Leslie Hulet Stahl (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 013590126X | ISBN-13: 978-0135901267 | Publication Date: May 19, 1990 | Edition: 1

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (May 19, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013590126X
• ISBN-13: 978-0135901267
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #825,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The starting point for real world software development, January 14, 1998

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This review is from: Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms (Paperback)

"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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Drowning in "Waterfall", November 4, 2005

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This review is from: Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms (Paperback)

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.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent overview of software development methods, August 8, 2000

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asparagi "Brenda L" (Santa Clara, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms (Paperback)

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!