What you need to significantly reduce software development failures before they become fatal and how to repair their causes so they don't re-surfaceLearn from the mistakes of others documented here in this hard-hitting, humorous, and career-enhancing book from the authors of the bestselling "AntiPatterns". Rise above the industry-wide malaise of mass denial and realize that you too can, and definitely must, master Software Configuration Management (SCM) for successful software engineering. In this much-needed book, the authors provide 16 new AntiPatterns covering the most common SCM mistakes and pitfalls. They also supply you with proven solution strategies including 3 Process Patterns and other tested-in-the-trenches approaches. As in AntiPatterns they present each AntiPattern and Pattern using the same entertaining, practical, and pull-no-punches approach."AntiPatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management" arms you with: The knowledge that SCM is neither too hard, nor too complicated, for software engineers, developers, architects, and project managers The most valuable (ROI) process you can have-SCM 8 SCM AntiPatterns, 4 Management and Process AntiPatterns, 4 Requirements and Testing AntiPatterns, and 3 Process Patterns that address process, people, and tool issuesWilliam J. Brown is Product Engineer for Concept Five Technologies leading developments of distributed, object-oriented frameworks. Hays W. "Skip" McCormick III and Scott W. Thomas are lead engineers with the MITRE Corporation. Bill and Skip co-authored the critically acclaimed AntiPatterns, also available from Wiley.Unter Patterns versteht man Prozeduren, Gestaltungsmittel und Codeabschnitte objektorientierter Projekte, die ihre Funktionsfähigkeit bereits bewiesen haben und daher wiederverwendbar sind. AntiPatterns sind genau das Gegenteil: Häufige Fehler und Irrtümer - oder schwierige Mitarbeiter, die Projekte zum Einsturz bringen können. Dokumentiert werden in diesem Buch über 20 AntiPatterns und zehn Patterns und deren Auswirkungen auf den Prozeß der Produktentwicklung. (04/99)
"I first heard the term antipattern while reading AntiPatterns Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis, the first book in this antipattern series (John Wiley&Sons, 1998). I was curious about the term's relation to the concept of a design pattern but soon learned that the main point is understanding which part of a pattern definition relates to the prefix "anti". As the book explains, "An antipattern is a literary form that describes a commonly occurring solution to a problem that generates decidedly negative consequences." Antipatterns clearly define frequent mistakes in software projects and provide solutions. The books in this antipatterns series (which should be read in order) are a result of the authors' attempt to categorize, label, and describe recurring situations in software development that have negative consequences. While the first book comprises 18 antipatterns divided into the three parts according to three different viewpoints software development, architecture, and management the second book, AntiPatterns and Patterns in Software Configuration Management, aims to help management. Managers of software development projects must understand software configuration management (SCM) methods and techniques, and the authors provide the necessary knowledge and experience using antipatterns and patterns." - IEEE Software