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 | | Software Release Methodology by Michael E. Bays ISBN-10: 9780136365648 ISBN-10: 0-13-636564-7 ISBN-13: 9780136365648 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-636564-8 Paperback 1999-07-03 Prentice Hall PTR Find Lowest Price |
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For me it was a waste of money This book is very dense, both in layout and writing style. It is long on verbose discussion and short on practical examples and advice. For example there 24 pages on release version numbering but only 8 pages on revision branching and merging. The layout would have benefited from lists and more diagrams. It would also have been useful to have more example templates and processes. What also annoyed were the basic mistakes e.g. How to correctly number a branch revision (it should normally be parentRev.BranchNumber.RevisionOnBranch, not parentRev.RevisionOnBranch). I think the editors must take a significant portion of the blame for failing to help the author deliver a more readable book | ||
Definitely not worth the money If you are working for a company that makes software, chances are you have a guy who is assigned the task of release management. Do yourself a favor and go talk to this guy -- you'll probably get better insights than this book has to offer after draining $50 bucks out of your pocket. I only gave it 2 stars since the author touches on the right topics but fails to deliver useful content. He delves into one specific style of release management and engineering (probably what the author's company does) and does not talk too much about alternate styles at all -- and the release methodology suggested by the book is less elegant than some of the release processes I've seen. And as a bonus, a few blank pages serves as the index for the book. I was expecting better quality of content and presentation from Prentice Hall. | ||
Good Information, Poor Quality Just received this book after waiting 2 months for it. I purchased it because it is often referenced in other CM books. After just scanning through the book, I can tell that it contains some valuable information. One big minus is the index consists of blank pages, which is really bad for a technical book. The physical quality of the book is very poor. Cheap binding, cheap paper, cheap type. Except for the nice cover, it looks like it was thrown together at Kinkos. What really irks me is that I paid almost $50 for this book. This is something I would pay $10 for a PDF download. | ||
Software Release explained in detail Excellent details for SCM/CM strategies. Starts off with a couple of chapters for beginner's to SCM. Then covers every aspect of Release Process. The chapter on integration process was detailed like no other SCM book that I've seen. The book explains concepts of software development from the perspective of a Release Engineer -- from source control branching/merging strategies, to build control, aspects of development cycle, then to product release. One of the better CM SCM books out there. None of the others SCM books look at it from a Release Engineer's perspective like this one. If you are already passed the basics of SCM then this book will complete your training. | ||
I have only skimmed through this book, but Have you noticed that in a book about release methodology, they have forgotten to release a part of the book? There is a title, it's in the TOC, and a few pages even serve as a placeholder, but the Index is simply missing. At least in my copy of the book... oops. | ||