"Software Leadership: A Guide to Successful Software Development," Published
By Addison-Wesley, Offers Leadership Solutions for Development Professionals
LEXINGTON, Mass., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL)
today announced the publication of, "Software Leadership: A Guide to
Successful Software Development," written by Murray Cantor, senior consultant
in Rational's Strategic Services Organization. The guide, for developers and
managers at all technical levels, addresses the increasing need for software
leadership skills within development organizations. This book brings the
number of software development books written by Rational thought leaders to
more than 55.
A competent software development leader must not only possess a good
understanding of software quality and effective development practices, but
also demonstrate solid team management and communication skills, according to
Cantor. Writing from his own experience as a developer, software architect,
project manager, architecture manager, and consultant to organizations
adopting the Rational Unified Process(R) (RUP(R)), Cantor offers solutions for
practical implementation of process and leadership.
Effective software management has become a crucial denominator for
delivering products to market, especially in the current business climate.
Aimed at fostering leadership and management skills in technical and
non-technical readers, Software Leadership defines the success criteria to
help the executive, developer and project manager become a better leader (and
follower) in any organization that develops software. Mapping the stages of
the software development process to specific leadership tasks, the book
introduces a conceptual model of software productivity and provides guidance,
based on the Rational Unified Process, for implementing management structure
within the lifecycle.
The Rational Unified Process is a set of Web-enabled software engineering
processes that enhance team productivity and deliver software best practices
to all team members. An easy-to-use online mentor, RUP provides extensive
guidelines, templates, and examples for all critical software development
activities, including business modeling, requirements management,
configuration management, Web architectures, and testing. As a customizable
process platform, the Rational Unified Process can be adapted to accelerate
individual development projects and enhances team communication by providing
each team member with one knowledge base, one modeling language and one view
of how to develop software.
"Software development doesn't have to be a disorganized process. Software
organizations can be more effective if they adopt modern leadership and
management approaches and proactively address software productivity," said
Cantor. "Much has been learned about leading software organizations in the
last four decades. By applying these lessons, developers and project managers
can become much better leaders (and followers) in any organization that
develops software."
Pricing and ordering information
Pricing and ordering information, including a screen shot of the cover,
may be found at: http://cseng.aw.com/book/0,3828,0201700441,00.html
About Addison-Wesley
Addison-Wesley Professional is a leading publisher of high-quality and
timely information for programmers, developers, engineers, and system
administrators. Our mission is to provide educational materials about new
technologies and new approaches to current technologies written by the leading
authorities. We are a division of Pearson PTR and our readers and authors
benefit from our global resources.
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About Rational Software Corporation
Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves
the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects. This integrated,
full life-cycle solution combines software engineering best practices,
market-leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-six of the Fortune
100 rely on Rational tools and services to build better software, faster.
This open platform is extended by partners, who provide more than 500
complementary products and services. Founded in 1981, Rational is one of the
world's largest software companies, with revenues of $796.7 million in its
twelve months ended September 30, 2001, and 3,500 employees worldwide.
Rational is a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index(R). Additional information is
available on the Internet at: http://www.rational.com/ .
Rational, the Rational logo and the Rational Unified Process, among
others, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rational Software
Corporation in the United States and/or in other countries. All other names
are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
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