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  Death march
Yourdon E., Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003. 304 pp.  Type: Book (9780131436350)

Ed Yourdon is nothing if not a catchy phraseologist. A “death march project” is one whose “schedules, estimations, budgets, and resources are so constrained or skewed that participants can hardly survive, ...
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Jul 7 2004  
  Case studies in object oriented analysis & design
Yourdon E., Argila C., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996.  Type: Book (9780133061376)

This useful tutorial covers applying object-oriented techniques to the process of analyzing systems requirements and creating solution designs. The book is not perfect by any means, but it does a good job of addressing a complex and of...
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Aug 1 1997  
  Rise and resurrection of the American programmer
Yourdon E., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996.  Type: Book (9780131218314)

Yourdon’s Decline and fall of the American programmer [1] presented a synthesis of the problems, personnel and technical issues, and technology trends that existed or were developing in the US software business when th...
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Jan 1 1997  
  Mainstream objects
Yourdon E., Nevermann P., Oppel K., Thomann J., Whitehead K., Yourdon Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1995.  Type: Book (9780132091565)

The increasing popularity of the object-oriented approach leads more and more authors to write textbooks on this topic. This book differs from others I have read in recent years in describing an elaborate methodology that is used by a ...
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Apr 1 1996  
  Decline and fall of the American programmer
Yourdon E., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1992.  Type: Book (9780132036702)

A catchy title may grab the reader’s attention, but miscommunicate the contents of the book. Such is the case here, where a less catchy but more reflective title might be How to build a world-class software organization....
Jul 1 1994  

 
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