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Object-Oriented Project Management with UML
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Author: Murray Cantor
List Price: $60.00
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ISBN: 0471253030
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (03 August, 1998)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 21,877
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
Useful in places, but not a HOW TO book
The author applies standard project management techniques to object-oriented projects. In particular, the assumptions and techniques underlying UML and the Unified Process are to be found in the various chapters in the book. For example, the author advocates managing complexity by using packages, use cases, encapsulation, inheritance and aggregation.
The main strengths of the book are: It attempts to integrate OOT with project management techniques using the standard UML and this integration process lasts for the duration of the full software lifecycle.
The book may or may not be useful depending on what you are looking for. For example, it is (very) superficial in places and in general I would say that it lacks 'meat' in the following places: Traceability issues
Useful checklists and tables
Quantitative treatment (measurement) Furthermore, the chapter on lifecycle models is not convincing. The author suggests that we should NEVER use the Waterfall model while he suggests that the Controlled Iteration model. Why? I have not understood this latter model when reading the boook. I think that it is too complex. Concluding, this book serves as a baseline for further research and should be complemented by other sources, for example from Boehm, Air force and IEEE. Finally, the title is an attention-grabber and in my opinion incorrect. Project management is independent of the technology used (in this case OOT). A better name would have been "Project management of software projects that use UML".
Rating: 5 out of 5
Good for practicing mgrs
This was very useful for me to get a tactical grip on OO proj mgmt. Has a very good intro and is designed in modules to allow you to read based on your specific role in the group. Always recommend this to customers who are trying to move to iterative development.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent summary on software project management
Fairly well written book. Focuses on the idea that software complexity (and risk) can be controlled by using objects. Contains an overview of software engineering approaches (RAD, waterfall, spiral, controlled iteration), and related information. And it also includes material on people management - issues that may arise when working in a team environment. This is, however, not a book to learn about UML, except that UML is a useful tool for the project manager to plan, describe, and/or keep track of a system that is being built.Recommended reading for those becoming involve in the development of larger, more complex systems.
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