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Dorset House Catalog DORSET HOUSE PUBLISHING About Dorset House Books on Software and Systems Development www.dorsethouse.com ounded in 1984, Dorset House Publishing has emerged as a valued Fsource for high-quality, readable titles for the systems and software Adrenaline Perfect Software: professional. Rather than follow fads, we select books that will have a Junkies and And Other lasting impact on the way systems and software engineers and managers Illusions About Template Zombies work. Specific topic areas include requirements analysis, systems Testing by DeMarco, engineering, software development, software quality, management, Hruschka, Lister, by Gerald M. McMenamin, and Weinberg productivity, design, programming, testing, consulting, and more. See page 37. J. & S. Robertson orset House is an independent publisher, and we only release about See page 4. Dtwo books per year. Each book is carefully chosen for its excellence. We pride ourselves on the amount of attention and care our editors Agile Software iTeam: devote to the quality of the text. That same concern for quality is shared Development Putting the “I” by our Website, mail-order, and phone-order staffs. We want to make it with Distributed Back into Team as easy as possible for our readers to purchase—and read!—our books. Teams by William E. Perry by Jutta Eckstein See page 29. he quality of our books and service also draws the best authors to us. As See page 6. Tcolumnist Warren Keuffel puts it: “I always pay particular attention to new releases from Dorset House. what it lacks in quantity of titles released each year it makes up for in quality—the authors’ list reads like a SEE INSIDE FOR THESE FORTHCOMING TITLES who’s who in software engineering. Get on the mailing list and buy with confidence.” Working Up! DWAYNE PHILLIPS See page 63. ur list of bookstores that regularly stock our titles is growing (see page O64 and www.dorsethouse.com/stores.html). Approximately half of our book sales are through booksellers, including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Baker & Taylor, Borders, Softpro, and many others. (The other half of our ALSO SEE INSIDE FOR THESE BEST-SELLERS books go to individuals—thank you!) If your favorite store doesn’t have one Peopleware, 2nd ed. of our books and you’d like to see it, please see the How to Order informa- TOM DEMARCO & TIMOTHY LISTER See page 36. tion on page 64 for information on how your store can order our books. Waltzing with Bears ollowing are a few items in this catalog and elsewhere that deserve TOM DEMARCO AND TIMOTHY LISTER See page 60. Fyour professional attention: The Deadline ✔ TOM DEMARCO See page 17. How to Order: See page 64. To order by credit card directly from us, visit www.dorsethouse.com or call Mia at 800-342-6657 or 212-620- An Introduction to General Systems Thinking GERALD M. WEINBERG See page 28. 4053, weekdays, 9AM–5PM. ✔ The Secrets of Consulting Author Index: See page 65 for this “who’s who” reference. GERALD M. WEINBERG See page 52. ✔ Dorset House on the Web: Read excerpts, interviews, reviews, down- Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds load flyers, and more at www.dorsethouse.com. JOHANNA ROTHMAN See page 26. orset House Publishing: We’re your source for the best books on sys- Exploring Requirements tems and software engineering and management. We look forward DONALD C. GAUSE AND GERALD M. WEINBERG D See page 21. to hearing from you soon—and personally handling your order. Five Core Metrics LAWRENCE H. PUTNAM AND WARE MYERS See page 22. Save 20% on See the Last Page Forthcoming Titles ✔ ontents SYMBOLS: NEW & NOW IN STOCK SUBJECTS: M MANAGEMENT & QUALITY P PROGRAMMING W WRITING C # FORTHCOMING A ANALYSIS & DESIGN T TESTING N NOVEL/FICTION 3 Adaptive Software Development • HIGHSMITH •.................................M 39 Practical Project Management • PAGE-JONES • ......................................M ✔ 4 Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies 40 Process for System Architecture and Requirements Engineering • • DeMARCO, HRUSCHKA, LISTER, McMENAMIN, & J. & S. Robertson •..........M HATLEY, HRUSCHKA & PIRBHAI • ...................................................................A 5 Agile Software Development in the Large • ECKSTEIN • ........................M 41 Productivity Sand Traps & Tar Pits • WALSH • ....................................M ✔ 6 Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams • ECKSTEIN •..M 42 Project Retrospectives • KERTH • ..............................................................M 7 Amplifying Your Effectiveness • WEINBERG, BACH & KARTEN •..........M 43 The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniv. Ed. • 8 Are Your Lights On? • GAUSE & WEINBERG • ..........................................A WEINBERG •...............................................................................................MP 9 The Aremac Project: A Novel • WEINBERG •..........................................N 44 Quality Software Management, Vol. 1: Systems Thinking • 10 Becoming a Technical Leader • WEINBERG • .........................................M WEINBERG •...................................................................................................M 11 Best Practices for the Formal Software Testing Process •DRABICK • .T 45 Quality Software Management, Vol. 2: First-Order Measurement • 12 Communication Gaps and How to Close Them • KARTEN •............M WEINBERG •...................................................................................................M 13 Complete Systems Analysis • J. & S. ROBERTSON • ................................A 46 Quality Software Management, Vol. 3: Congruent Action • See page 36. See page 17. 14 Creating a Software Engineering Culture • WIEGERS •......................M WEINBERG •...................................................................................................M 15 Data Model Patterns • HAY • ....................................................................A 47 Quality Software Management, Vol. 4: Anticipating Change • 16 Data Structured Software Maintenance • HIGGINS • ..........................M WEINBERG •...................................................................................................M 17 The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management • DeMARCO •.N 48 Rethinking Systems Analysis & Design • WEINBERG • ........................A 18 Designing Quality DB with IDEF1X Information Models • BRUCE • .A 49 Roundtable on Project Management • 19 Dr. Peeling’s Principles of Management • PEELING • .........................M BULLOCK, WEINBERG & BENESH • .................................................................M 20 Everyday Heroes of the Quality Movement • GLUCKMAN & ROOME •M 50 Roundtable on Technical Leadership • 21 Exploring Requirements • GAUSE & WEINBERG •....................................N WEINBERG, BENESH & BULLOCK • .................................................................M 22 Five Core Metrics: The Intelligence Behind Successful Software 51 To Satisfy & Delight Your Customer • PARDEE • .................................M Management • PUTNAM & MYERS • ..............................................................M 52 The Secrets of Consulting • WEINBERG •.................................................M 23 General Principles of Systems Design • D. & G. WEINBERG • ..............A 53 Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total See page 26. ✔ 24 The Gift of Time • CHARLES • ....................................................................A Efficiency • DeMARCO •...........................................................................M 25 Handbook of Walkthroughs, Inspections, and Tech. Reviews • 54 Software Endgames • GALEN • .................................................................M See page 52. FREEDMAN & WEINBERG •..............................................................................T 55 Software State-of-the-Art • DeMARCO & LISTER • ...................................M 26 Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds • ROTHMAN •M 56 Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing • 27 How to Plan, Develop & Use Information Systems • VAN STEENIS • A PERRY & RICE • ...............................................................................................T 28 An Introduction to General Systems Thinking: Silver Anniv. Ed. • 57 Systems Modeling & Requirements Spec. Using ECSAM • WEINBERG •...................................................................................................M LAVI & KUDISH •.............................................................................................A ✔ 29 iTeam: Putting the “I” Back into Team • PERRY • ...............................M 58 System Testing with an Attitude • PETSCHENIK •...................................T 30 Just Enough Requirements Management • DAVIS •............................A 59 Understanding the Professional Programmer • WEINBERG • ........MP 31 Managing Expectations • KARTEN • ........................................................M 60 Waltzing with Bears • DeMARCO & LISTER •.............................................M 32 Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations • AUSTIN •M 61 Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method • WEINBERG •...........W 33 More Secrets of Consulting • WEINBERG • .............................................M 62 Why Does Software Cost So Much? • DeMARCO • ...............................M 34 Object-Oriented Computation in C++ and Java • WEISERT • ............P # 63 Working Up! • PHILLIPS • .............................................................................M
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