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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
Robert L. Glass. 2003. Boston: Addison-Wesley. 195 pages. ISBN 0-321-11742-5.
(CSQE) Body of Knowledge areas: Software Engineering Processes, Software Quality Processes)
The word "fallacies" in Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering caught my eye. Software literature is replete with facts and best practices, although I wondered about the fallacies. Robert L Glass has certainly picked a striking title for this collection that lists 55 facts and 5+5 fallacies. I may have been disappointed in my search for true fallacies but was rewarded by the ease of navigation through the book.
The book is not expensive ($29.99 U.S.) and the facts alone assembled in one place with a list of sources are worth the price of this book. That the facts are quite well known amongst most practitioners does not take away from the book's value. And that Glass claims that many of the facts are controversial (in my view they are not), does not take away from the value of the book either.
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