Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem--how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. In RAPID DEVELOPMENT, author Steve McConnell addresses that concern head-on with overall strategies, specific best practices, and valuable tips that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. Inside, you'll find:? A rapid-development strategy that can be applied to any project and the best practices to make that strategy work? Candid discussions of great and not-so-great rapid-development practices--estimation, prototyping, forced overtime, motivation, teamwork, rapid-development languages, risk management, and many others? A list of classic mistakes to avoid for rapid-development projects, including creeping requirements, shortchanged quality, and silver-bullet syndrome? Case studies that vividly illustrate what can go wrong, what can go right, and how to tell which direction your project is goingRAPID DEVELOPMENT is the real-world guide to more efficient applications development.

斯蒂夫·迈克康奈尔（Steve McConnell）是IEEE Software的总编，Construx Software的总工程师兼总裁，多家世界知名软件公司的顾问，在美国软件业享有很高的声誉。他编著的图书包括获得1993年度美国Jolt图书大奖的《完美的编码法则》，获得1999年Jolt图书大奖的《淘金热的背后——成为专业的软件工程人员》《微软项目：求生法则》。