Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering (Paperback) by Robert Glass, Paul Becker, John Fuller (Editor)

from JonathanGorman

Might have some bias, as I agree with a lot of points of the author. A useful reminder of issues and facts about the field. I wonder a little how much impact it's likely to have as it feels more directed at the software practitioner and not as much towards managers, although some of the most cruc...

from dvf1976

Some opinions in here I disagree with... Specifically, "Fact: COBOL is the best business language" and "Fallacy: Enough Eyes make all bugs shallow".

from JoeWirtley

Jewel of a book and a great source for quotes to use with your management.

from dishdasha

Helpful read to motive myself at work; but I did not find anything really new or surprising. The book itself reads a little unpolished (I found quite a number of errors that could have been eliminated with better editing).

from VVilliam

An amazing book listing very insightful aspects of Software Engineering, both for managers and developers. The book is very dense in a good way and I had to read it slowly to give things time to soak in. I would recommend this book to anyone new to managing a team of software engineers or the tec...