Developing Software Applications in a Changing It Environment: Management Strategies and Techniques

Advises on hitting an increasingly moving target from an increasingly moving position by such methods as predicting the impact of new technologies, methodologies, and tools; integrating and supporting technologies that were previously though incompatible; managing expectations, cultural impacts, and risk; and optimizing development, architectures, organizations, infrastructure, and cultures. Introduces a set of strategies and techniques called Time Compression Management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.