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Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects 1st Edition

by Jared Richardson (Author), William Gwaltney (Author)
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Ship It! is a collection of tips that show the tools and techniques a successful project team has to use, and how to use them well. You'll get quick, easy-to-follow advice on modern practices: which to use, and when they should be applied. This book avoids current fashion trends and marketing hype; instead, readers find page after page of solid advice, all tried and tested in the real world.

Aimed at beginning to intermediate programmers, Ship It! will show you:

  • Which tools help, and which don't
  • How to keep a project moving
  • Approaches to scheduling that work
  • How to build developers as well as product
  • What's normal on a project, and what's not
  • How to manage managers, end-users and sponsors
  • Danger signs and how to fix them

Few of the ideas presented here are controversial or extreme; most experienced programmers will agree that this stuff works. Yet 50 to 70 percent of all project teams in the U.S. aren't able to use even these simple, well-accepted practices effectively. This book will help you get started.

Ship It! begins by introducing the common technical infrastructure that every project needs to get the job done. Readers can choose from a variety of recommended technologies according to their skills and budgets. The next sections outline the necessary steps to get software out the door reliably, using well-accepted, easy-to-adopt, best-of-breed practices that really work.

Finally, and most importantly, Ship It! presents common problems that teams face, then offers real-world advice on how to solve them.

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    July 5, 2005
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  8. Print length
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""It's rare to have this much fun reading a book about software. The ideas are smart, relevant, and fundamental. I can be a better programmer today because of the things I read today.""--Joe, Fair Developer

""A great book! The authors have done a great job in presenting the subject in a neutral way and avoiding any methodology-oriented traps.""--Roberto Gianassi, IT Consultant

""This is fantastic stuff. As I started reading, I almost fell out of my seat because the project I'm on right now is going through exactly the hurt you describe and would benefit greatly from material just like this.""--Matthew Bass, Software Engineer

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Jared Richardson and Will Gwaltney have worked in the industry over 20 years, from small startups to the largest privately-held software company in the world.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pragmatic Bookshelf; 1st edition (July 5, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780974514048
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0974514048
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.03 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.83 x 9.25 inches
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P-town Yogi
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it. Live it. Ship It.
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2006
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We've seen enough books about "why projects fail." Finally, here is a book about "why projects succeed" and how you can help yours. The book is split into several areas. The two most important, in my mind, are the list of critical practices for developers to follow and the explaination of "Tracer Bullet" development. As the author notes right up front, this isn't a book about development project management. This is a book from a developer for developers. Independent of the project management style you use this book is going to help you complete your project and "Ship It!"

The list of critical practices are well defined and each one is simple enough to implement. It makes you feel like maybe you could do it. Most important, it explains why you should do it - in compelling terms so that even if you are skeptical of "continuous integration" or "pair programming" or "unit tests", well, you won't be after you read this book.

"Tracer Bullet" development isn't another methodology, but a way of incrementally developing a project so that the status is more clear to the customer and so that you can quickly turn abstract ideas that the team has into something more concrete to react to. In doing so, you maintain an integrated view of the product you are working on and help people understand their ideas more quickly. It is priceless for any non-trival software. Most of us probably have learned to do this anyway, but now there is a name for it and a guide to understand why we do what we learned through trial and error.
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Russell Clarvoe
4.0 out of 5 stars Practical but not Revolutionary
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2006
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This is a good book to own if it's your first "software project" guide. It covers all the right topics and gives you plenty of detail to implement the ideas. However, I didn't find much NEW info.

Had it been one of my first project management books I would have rated it higher.
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Anton
3.0 out of 5 stars Great for starter-level
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2009
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Put it simply, if you have some real experience in software development industry for, say, 2-3 years, then you already should know most of what this book tells you.
If you are a student or just a beginner trying to understand how real-world software is made, you should read it.

For me, it was just a waste of time and 20 bucks.
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Noah Moerbeek
5.0 out of 5 stars Read It
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2014
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Ship it summarizes best practices in software development and offers both practical advice on how to use various tools and how to deal with various scenarios that come up while developing systems.

If you and your team already are using source management, doing code reviews, and writing tests that you frequently use (chances are you probably follow most if not all of the best practices in the book) and if you have read more generic time/project management books many of the management tips probably will not be new either. If your development process is not a well oiled automated machine or perhaps struggle with team communication you will find the book very helpful and enjoyable readable.

Despite being familiar with most of the items put forth in the book, I especially enjoyed the trace bullet development chapter. That method of development struck a good balance between planning out the software and completing it in stages concurrently rather than focusing a teams effort only on one interface/module at a time.

While I was familiar with most of the content and practices of the book I would still highly recommend it for both developers and managers (actually anyone who works at a software company could probably benefit from reading it).
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Pawan Kumar
5.0 out of 5 stars No-nonsense practical advice
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2005
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Pearls of wisdom in a compact pack! "Ship It" did not disappoint. It was a quick read (less than 4 hrs total) and made sense throughout (including some heretical advice). I love the way the authors don't treat much as sacred or set in stone. It provided a great balance of project management and technical development advice.

Most of it corroborated the practices we have seen to work. The rest showed where we can make amends for better results. I recommend it wholeheartedly to every project manager, technical architect, and strategic thinker at IT companies.
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C. Roeder
4.0 out of 5 stars Short, Practical, Easy to Implment....lightweight?
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2005
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As other reveiwers have said, the book presents very practical advice that stays away from any heavy theory. I agree completely.

It's a quick and easy read, good beginner material. It may be a little "lightweight" for some.
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Rick O'Shay
1.0 out of 5 stars Two stars for entry level programmers; One star for everyone else
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2005
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If you only read one book on software development, don't make it this one. A rather poorly organized and rambling treatment of a few well established concepts while missing others. Regurgitates a few paragraphs on topics like version control, unit testing and code reviews and others that are better served in well written organized books on those subjects.

The following book is a ten-star work of art aimed at software engineering students learning Java: Agile Java : Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development by Jeff Langr

The ten-star artwork for Agile processes in general is Craig Larman's astonishing work: Agile & Iterative Development.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ein Klassiker
Reviewed in Germany on November 29, 2013
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Dieses Buch ist ein Klassiker und gehört in jeden Entwickler/Dev-Ops-Schrank. Hat man sich erstmal an den Schreibstil gewöhnt, liest man es gut und gerne an einem Abend weg.
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