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Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem―how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. In RAPID DEVELOPMENT, author Steve McConnell addresses that concern head-on with overall strategies, specific best practices, and valuable tips that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. Inside, you’ll find:


  • A rapid-development strategy that can be applied to any project and the best practices to make that strategy work
  • Candid discussions of great and not-so-great rapid-development practices―estimation, prototyping, forced overtime, motivation, teamwork, rapid-development languages, risk management, and many others
  • A list of classic mistakes to avoid for rapid-development projects, including creeping requirements, shortchanged quality, and silver-bullet syndrome
  • Case studies that vividly illustrate what can go wrong, what can go right, and how to tell which direction your project is going
  • RAPID DEVELOPMENT is the real-world guide to more efficient applications development.
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  6. Part of series
    Developer Best Practices
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    English
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    7.3 x 1.4 x 8.9 inches
  9. Print length
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I can hear some of you exclaiming, "How can you possibly recommend a book about software scheduling published by Microsoft Press and written by a consultant to Microsoft?!" Well, put aside any preconceived biases. This is a tremendous book on effective scheduling software development, and it drinks deeply from the wisdom of all the classics in the field such as Brook's Mythical Man Month -- and is likely well-informed by McConnell's experiences, good and bad, in Redmond.

The nine page section entitled "Classic Mistakes Enumerated" is alone worth the price of admission and should be required reading for all developers, leads, and managers. Here are some types of the 36 classic mistakes that McConnell describes in detail:

  • People Related Mistakes
    • Heroics
    • Adding people to a late project
    • Politics placed over substance (etc.)
    • Process Related Mistakes
      • Abandonment of planning under pressure
      • Planning to catch up later
      • "Code-like-hell" programming (etc.)
      • Technology Related Mistakes
        • Silver-Bullet syndrome
        • Overestimating savings from new tools or methods
        • Switching tools in the middle of a project (etc.)

          I suspect that if you've ever been involved in software development, you winced after reading each of these nine points. And you will learn a great deal from the remaining 640 pages about concrete solutions.

          My only substantive gripe: cheesy Powerpoint graphics. Nonetheless, this book is Very Highly Recommended.

About the Author

Steve McConnell is recognised as one of the premier authors and voices in the development community. He is Chief Software Engineer of Construx Software and was the lead developer of Construx Estimate and of SPC Estimate Professional, winner of Software Development magazine's Productivity Award. He is the author of several books, including Code Complete and Rapid Development, both honored with Software Development magazine's Jolt Award.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1556159005
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Microsoft Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 2, 1996
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 672 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781556159008
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1556159008
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.45 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 1.4 x 8.9 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Developer Best Practices
  • Best Sellers Rank: #300,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • smart geek
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have book for managers/tech leads/senior developers
    Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2005
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    Having seen quite a few projects go haywire; reading this book

    made me pinpoint exactly all the faults those projects had. The

    good thing about this book is that its complete. Some books cover

    some areas and some others, but this covers all. For eg., if you

    just read the first few chapters and decided to apply techniques

    learnt to your project, you might not apply them correctly as you

    you didn't read the whole book to get a complete picture of

    rapid development.

    This books is good for people working in startups. Developers

    should also read this book so that they can help avoid mistakes

    of managers/tech.leads in a fast-paced environment where things

    can get easily missed.
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  • Lawrence Miller
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for everyone involved in software development
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2013
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    This is a must read for experienced and new people. I found it an easy fast read and have lived through many of the scenarios described. Regardless of your place in software development as a manager, administrator, designer, programmer, tester, even service, being aware of these practices can help you create a better product and provide you the information to influence those who can affect the software environment.
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  • Joao Cortez
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Anybody Interested In The Dynamics Of Software Engineering
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2007
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    This book is quite long, but worth every page. As a programmer, one usually gets focused on that - programming. There are however, several dynamics at play at any given software development project: customers, unstable requirements, risks, teamwork, tools, etc. This book presents several fundamental principles, strategies, philosophies and mistakes and than goes to present a set of very important best practices. I highly recommend it!
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  • Book Lover
    5.0 out of 5 stars Still Very Relevant
    Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015
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    I read this for the UVa McIntire MS MIS (now MIT) program in 2001. I still use it, and enjoy giving copies to my colleagues. This book will only become irrelevant when we stop making Classic Mistakes.
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  • Aristos Aresti
    3.0 out of 5 stars A lot of repeating and unnecessary/obvious information
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2016
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    A major disappointment after reading Code Complete. A lot of repeating and unnecessary/obvious information. It could have easily been half the size.
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  • D. Mozingo
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book with solid advice
    Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2007
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    While I enjoyed reading much of this book, and it had excellent advice, I found much of it only applying to project managers and other management with the ability to really effect change. As a lower level developer, there's not a lot I can do with the information in this book, but I think it's relevance will increase ten fold as I progress through my career, hopefully saving myself from making many mistakes on the way.

    Overall it was a nice easy read, but beware that it won't be very applicable early in your career.
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  • T. Hollins
    5.0 out of 5 stars Was well worth the time to read it.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2014
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    It might be somewhat dated, but it was well worth the read.
    It had a lot of meat to the book.
    I would recommend Team Lead's read this to give you some extra ideas about managing your development team.
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  • BL
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book if you're being forced to read it!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2013
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    Had to buy this for a class and it was a good, informative read. Great for future software developers and managers alike.
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  • schrottvogel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Pflichtlektüre in Sachen Softwareprojekte
    Reviewed in Germany on March 7, 2014
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    Von McConnell kannte ich ja schon Code Complete, das ich unter den vielen Ratgebern für professionelle Programmierung am gelungendsten fand -- gut strukturiert, knapp und sachlich geschrieben, undogmatisch... einfach prima. Jetzt schmöker ich seit einigen Tagen in diesem Buch, und obwohl es schon knapp 20 Jahre auf dem Buckel hat, ist es mit Abstand wiederum das Beste seiner Klasse -- hier als praxisorientierte Einführung in und Ratgeber für professionelle Softwareentwicklung.

    Man sollte ich von dem Titel nicht irreführen lassen: Hier geht es mitnichten nur um schnelle Softwareentwicklung. Ich bin mit dem Autor einer Meinung -- nämlich, dass diese nur möglich ist, wenn man zuvor die allgemeinen Grundlagen effizienter Softwareentwicklung beherrscht. Und diese beschreibt McConnell im ersten und im zweiten Abschnitt einfach hervorragend: umfassend, fundiert und einleuchtend. Mir gefällt sehr, dass er die jeweiligen Praktiken nie als Wunderwaffe preist, sondern immer sehr genau auf die spezifischen Voraussetzungen, Begrenzungen und Risiken eingeht, in den meisten Fällen auch durch Zahlen und Ergebnisse seriöser Untersuchungen belegt. Dadurch gewinnt man ein gutes Verständnis dafür, ob und wann man die jeweilige Methode überhaupt anwenden kann, und welchen Preis man dafür möglicherweise zahlen muss.

    Der dritte Teil besteht aus einem kurzen Lexikon der wichtigsten "Best Practices" für schnelle Softwareentwicklung. Jeder Begriff wird definiert, und auch hier werden wieder Voraussetzungen und Risiken sowie Tipps zur Umsetzung angegeben. Zwar wiederholt sich auf den 650 Seiten manches, andererseits ist dies bei der Nichtlinearität des Themas eh nicht zu vermeiden (und Wiederholung ist eh gut fürs Einprägen!). Sehr gelungen die beiden großen Tabellen zu Beginn des dritten Teils. Die erste eine kategorisiert alle im Buch erwähnten Praktiken (in "Fundamental", "Best Philosophy", "Best Practice" und "Not a Best Practice") und verweist auf die jeweiligen Kapitel. Die zweite stellt eine Übersicht über die wichtigsten Auswirkungen aller der im Buch erwähnten Best Practices zusammen und ist ein unschätzbarer Startpunkt, um zu Beginn eines Projektes potenziell geeignete Praktiken zu identifizieren -- je nachdem, ob man präzise Terminierung oder flexible Anforderungen wünscht, kompetente Entwickler hat usw.

    Ebenfalls absolut beispielhaft ist die Strukturierung und Verlinkung der Inhalte. Wo immer es geht, verweist McConnell auf Querbezüge zum Thema und natürlich weiterführende Literatur. Das verstärkt nur die Tauglichkeit des Buches als Nachschlagewerk zum täglichen Gebrauch, der einem schnell einen Überblick und jeweils interessante weiterführende Punkte verschafft.

    Manch einer wird kritisieren, dass das Buch doch absolut veraltet sein dürfte, da fehlen Scrum, XP oder Entwurfsmuster ganz, und das ist tatsächlich ein Manko. Aber was die Grundlagen der Softwareentwicklung angeht, ist dieses Buch genauso aktuell wie eh und je. Und es versetzt einen in die Lage, neuere Praktiken zu analysieren und hinsichtlich ihrer Anwendbarkeit auf spezifische Projekte einzuschätzen.

    FAZIT: Jeder, der einen professionellen Ansatz zur Softwareentwicklung verfolgt, wird von diesem Buch profitieren. Für technische Leiter und Manager von Softwareprojekten ist dieses Buch meines Erachtens ein absolutes Muss, und da übertreibe ich nicht. Für mich jedenfalls waren die lächerlichen 2 Euronen, die ich für dieses Buch gebraucht hier berappt habe, die profitabelste Investition aller Zeiten. Meine Empfehlung lautet somit einfach: Kaufen, studieren, ins firmeneigene Bücherregal und zumindest die ersten beiden Teile allen Beteiligten als Pflichtlektüre verschreiben.

    PS. Nein, ich erhalte genauso kein Geld oder sonstige Vergünstigungen von Herrn McConnell oder Microsoft Press für diese Rezension wie wohl die anderen 48 von 54 Rezensenten hier, die das Buch mit 5 Sternen wärmstens empfehlen :)
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  • New Me
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2019
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    Arrived in time and in good condition. Thank you!
    The book was very useful to me, the content is very good structured and the information is delivered in accessible English for everyone to understand.
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  • Jose Ortega
    4.0 out of 5 stars No cometas los errores que ya cometieron otros
    Reviewed in Spain on April 21, 2018
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    Enseñanzas que perduran en el tiempo. Obra renocida de gran ayuda para no cometer errores de gestion que ya han cometido otros. Muy util.
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  • Nathan Chan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read. Difficult because of the realization that few ...
    Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2018
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    Great read. Difficult because of the realization that few things have changed in the 20+ years since this was written and that many of the project pitfalls as described are still frighteningly common
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  • harnesh patel
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in India on October 19, 2019
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    Good book for TL,Manager,CEO of small cpany
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