Software Engineering: New Whitepapers from Construx Software

Construx Software is a leader in software engineering practices and implementation. Stephen McConnell, its founder, is a leading software engineering analyst and is known for his 1996 classic, “Rapid Development”, which details the best practices and techniques to easily turn your IT organization into a software engineering entity.
More recently Stephen has published “Code Complete”, a compendium of best practices and techniques for developing high quality code along with his most recent publication which is an update to software project estimation which was included in his first book, “Software Estimation; Demystifying the Black Art”.
Below, you will find the latest software engineering tips from Stephen’s company. They are worth a look…

White Papers
| White Paper | Summary |
| Software Development’s Classic Mistakes | White paper summarizing Construx’s research into the frequency and severity of software development’s classic mistakes. |
| Business Case for Better Software Practices | White paper describing the ROI of implementing better software practices. |
| Optimizing Agile for Your Organization | White paper describing major organizational, cultural, and project considerations necessary to optimize an Agile adoption. |
| Ten Keys to Successful Scrum Adoption | White paper describing ten tips to help your organization successful adopt Scrum |
| Software Development’s Cone of Uncertainty | White paper describing a model for understanding estimation uncertainty in software projects. |
| Managing Technical Debt | White paper describing how to improve your organizations ability to make explicit decisions about taking on technical debt and managing that debt. |
| Professional Development Handbook | White paper/handbook describing how your organization can improve its development capability through software engineering professional development. |
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- September 24, 2008 / 10:36 pm
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