Julio Santos

Nice book for folks new to iterative development, especially for those in leadership or management positions. The authors do a great job at teaching basic iterative concepts as well as advanced ones, with specific examples and everything.

It’s a little bit oriented toward the Unified Process (or RUP or IRUP) but in a very light way. They understand that “iterative” is the most important aspect of the UP and concentrate on that specifically.

Over the years I read (and sometimes reviewed) many books on no-nonsense project management, I still learned a couple of things from this one, and got some new ideas. Overall recommended for project managers new to iterative or folks who need a refresher.

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I think the reason I keep reading books on no-nonsense project management is that I find it frustrating that despite the extensive choice of such books, project management skill sucks so much. Once in a while, I think that maybe I got it all wrong, that this stuff cannot possibly be easy, so I grab a book in the hopes to learn something major, that I will be able to share with other folks. But no, for the most part, it’s just plain simple.

I’ll add this book to my “how come project managers suck so much when there are books like these available” collection.