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   The technical and social history of software engineering
Jones C., Addison-Wesley Professional, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2014. 496 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-321903-42-6)

The author of this book, Capers Jones, has a long and distinguished career in the software engineering field. Consequently, he is ideally positioned to write this history. The 400-plus-page book can be read completely, but can also be ...
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Feb 11 2014  
  The economics of software quality
Jones C., Bonsignour O., Addison-Wesley Professional, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2012. 624 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-132582-20-9)

Capers Jones, one of the founding fathers of software engineering, is regularly referenced in software metrics literature, thanks to the rich data provided in his books related to software productivity, software effort and cost estimat...
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Mar 2 2012  
  Software assessments, benchmarks, and best practices
Jones C., Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 2000. 659 pp.  Type: Book (9780201485424)

Using collected data on over 9,000 software projects of all sizes, Jones determines which software practices yield productivity and quality results in the top five percent overall. If such a practice has been used by at least ten compa...
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Apr 1 2000  
  The year 2000 software problem: quantifying the costs and assessing the consequences
Jones C., ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publ. Co., New York, NY, 1997. 335 pp.  Type: Book (9780201309645), Reviews: (1 of 2)

The year 2000 problem is the danger that computer software thatexpresses year dates in two digits (“98” for“1998”, for example) may misinterpret and mishandle yearsbeyond 1999. There are right an...
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Jun 1 1998  
  The year 2000 software problem: quantifying the costs and assessing the consequences
Jones C., ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publ. Co., New York, NY, 1997. 335 pp.  Type: Book (9780201309645), Reviews: (2 of 2)

Jones contributes an informative and readable addition to theliterature on the year 2000 problem (also known as the millennium bug orY2K problem). While this book is primarily intended for businessaudiences, it will also appeal to unde...
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May 1 1998  

 
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