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Object-Oriented Project Management with UML

By: Murray Cantor

This book is a practical guide to modern software development. It grew out of a course I regularly teach at TASC, which itself began as happenstance. I had been asked to appraise an online course on managing object-oriented development. I hated it. It was a rehash of the old, discredited waterfall methods of software development. They replaced the design and code steps plus some object jargon. When I expressed this opinion, TASC management threw down the gauntlet, essentially saying, “If you are so smart, then you teach the course.” While preparing the course, I realized a few things: The first is that we in the industry really do know how to manage software development. There is no reason for software development to be a risky, high-stress business. On the other hand, most programs do not seem to benefit from what we have learned over the last few years. Second, a lot of material must be covered when teaching software management, most