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  Software runaways
Glass R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998.  Type: Book (9780136734437)

Although scientists and engineers may learn more from experiments and projects that fail than from those that succeed, the ethos in the scientific and engineering communities is to regard failures as worthless. Most researchers prefer ...
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Jul 1 1998  
  An ISO 9000 approach to building quality software
Oskarsson Ö., Glass R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996.  Type: Book (9780132289252)

ISO 9000 certification is already an important credential for doing software business in Europe, and it is becoming important in the US. Anyone who has looked at the ISO 9000 standards, which are quite short and very general, has proba...
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Feb 1 1997  
  Software creativity
Glass R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1995.  Type: Book (9780131473645)

This book is a challenge that Glass set for himself--to show that “the solutions to the problems of software lay in flexibility, creativity, and qualitative reasoning.” I think he succeeds. Glass shares his...
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Nov 1 1995  
  Measuring and motivating maintenance programmers
Landsbaum J., Glass R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1992.  Type: Book (9780135678275)

The authors detail what Monsanto did to improve the motivation and productivity of its software maintenance programmers. In contrast to most books, which deal in theory, this study not only shows what did or did not work, it also gives...
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Feb 1 1993  
  Building quality software
Glass R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1992.  Type: Book (9780130866950)

Glass is well-known to experienced people in the software industry; the publisher should have included his biography on the cover of the book for novices. This book consists of a preface by the author, a lengthy introduction, and six m...
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Oct 1 1992  

 
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