Product Description: The decision to source software development to an overseas firm (offshoring) is looked at frequently in simple economic terms - it's cheaper, and skilled labor is easier to find. In practice, however, offshoring is fraught with difficulties...read more

'This book provides a clear and simple framework to help software companies understand enterprise-level information systems, and help them build software products compatible with organizations, humans, and complex customer environments'--Provided by publisher.

Winner Of The 2007 Shingo Prize For Excellence In Manufacturing Research!Lean production, which has radically benefited traditional manufacturing, can greatly improve the software industry with similar methods and results. This transformation is possible because the same overarching principles that apply in other industries work equally well in software development. The software industry follows the same industrial concepts of production as those applied in manufacturing; however, the software industry perceives itself as being fundamentally different and has largely ignored what other industries have gained through the application of lean techniques.Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers, shows how the most advanced concepts of lean production can be applied to software development and how current software development practices are inadequate.Written for software engineers, developers, and leaders who need help creating lean software processes and executing genuinely lean projects, this book draws on the personal experiences of the two authors as well as research on various software companies applying lean production to software development programs.

Product Description: Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world’s most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts...read more

The co-author of Microsoft Secrets links issues related to strategy and organization to those of managing technology, arguing that companies must chose a business model that will capitalize on good times and survive more difficult periods, and presenting the success stories of such companies as IBM, Toshiba, and Motorola. 25,000 first printing.

Describes the history of Bill Gates's Microsoft Corporation and its impact on the computer industry.

Examines the life of Bill Gates, his early interest in computers, the founding of Microsoft, his success as a businessman, his family life and philanthropic activities. (view table of contents)

Profiles the creator of the Linux operating system, describing his early skill and interest in computers while growing up in Finland, and explains the impact of his operating system as an open source system. (view table of contents)

Gathers the entrepreneur's predictions on such topics as the Microsoft monopoly, Internet stocks, and the future of computers, pairing his thoughts with rebuttals by prominent technology experts. (view table of contents)

Surveys the computer industry and discusses the founding and development of Microsoft, one of the biggest and most famous companies in the world.

Product Description: This important book provides a systematic and quantitative analysis of the development of the software industry: the major growth industry in advanced economies of the world. It presents the results of a comprehensive set of industry surveys to shed light on the differences in specialization and performance of US and European software firms...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Covers object-oriented programming, debugging, quality control, documentation, marketing, and technical support

Product Description: Book by Pressman, Roger S., Herron, S. Russell

Explains how computer programs are written and tested, describes the problems facing the software industry, and traces the industry's history

Product Description: OECD, 1985, Good., Paperback. 203 pages. Ex-library. Light cover wear. 9264127550. [Computer] Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.