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Collective Wisdom from the Experts
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In this truly unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond technology. More than four dozen architects -- including Neal Ford, Michael Nygard, and Bill de hOra -- offer advice for communicating with stakeholders, eliminating complexity, empowering developers, and many more practical lessons they've learned from years of experience. Among the 97 principles in this book, you'll find useful advice such as:
- Don't Put Your Resume Ahead of the Requirements (Nitin Borwankar)
- Chances Are, Your Biggest Problem Isn't Technical (Mark Ramm)
- Communication Is King; Clarity and Leadership, Its Humble Servants (Mark Richards)
- Simplicity Before Generality, Use Before Reuse (Kevlin Henney)
- For the End User, the Interface Is the System (Vinayak Hegde)
- It's Never Too Early to Think About Performance (Rebecca Parsons)
To be successful as a software architect, you need to master both business and technology. This book tells you what top software architects think is important and how they approach a project. If you want to enhance your career, 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know is essential reading.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is *not* a book by Richard Monson-Haefel but rather a collection of short and content-light pieces by a number of different writers you've probably never heard of. Indeed the pieces would be too short to even qualify as a magazine article.
Each 'chapter' is typically three, short, paragraphs of bland generalisation. Introducing each 'chapter' is a piece of fluff about the writer (think mini-CV crossed with an advert) which is often a significant fraction of the 'chapter'. And where the same writer has authored more than one chapter the fluff about him is repeated.
A very, very high noise to signal ratio and what signal there is is of very low quality.
Avoid.
Each 'chapter' is typically three, short, paragraphs of bland generalisation. Introducing each 'chapter' is a piece of fluff about the writer (think mini-CV crossed with an advert) which is often a significant fraction of the 'chapter'. And where the same writer has authored more than one chapter the fluff about him is repeated.
A very, very high noise to signal ratio and what signal there is is of very low quality.
Avoid.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The articles in the book are very short. I read three or four when booting up my machine on the morning.
These aren't the type of article that will give you a detailed insight into a topic, example: stand up when talking in a meeting. However, they are good tips for performing better in your job.
These aren't the type of article that will give you a detailed insight into a topic, example: stand up when talking in a meeting. However, they are good tips for performing better in your job.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know is a book about things which are obvious and every software architect should know, remember and employ. The problem is that most things you can find inside the book are easily forgotten, underestimated and usually not implemented during day-to-day work.
The book consists of 97 short essays. Each of them deals with a vital problem software architects often have to face. Although there are great number of brilliant stories in the book I especially like the one titled: You're Negotiating More Often Than You Think, which is about a project sponsor wanting to cut down expenses. Does it sound familiar to you? Do you know what to do when it happens? The book is a collective work which makes it even more valuable.
Every day in the morning I start my work reading 1-3 essays to keep good practices in my memory and not forget management pitfalls lying in wait for me round the corner. I believe it helps me to become a better software architect. This book is a great and rare opportunity to learn from real experts in the field.
The book consists of 97 short essays. Each of them deals with a vital problem software architects often have to face. Although there are great number of brilliant stories in the book I especially like the one titled: You're Negotiating More Often Than You Think, which is about a project sponsor wanting to cut down expenses. Does it sound familiar to you? Do you know what to do when it happens? The book is a collective work which makes it even more valuable.
Every day in the morning I start my work reading 1-3 essays to keep good practices in my memory and not forget management pitfalls lying in wait for me round the corner. I believe it helps me to become a better software architect. This book is a great and rare opportunity to learn from real experts in the field.
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Good checklist for any software architect
You can't judge a book by its cover but you can certainly ask questions about its title. Why '97 things every Software Architect should know'? Why not 98, 99 or even 100? Read more
Published 24 days ago by Alex Ireland
Excellent, easy to read short snippets
Books like this one are great for those with little time - featuring short learnings / tips on a topic- as they are easy to pick up and put down - unlike books that have heavy long... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ollie C
Very easy to read and useful advice
Easy to read but clever advices from people who deal on a daily basis with architecting and re-architecting systems. Read more
Published 18 months ago by xulio
Can do without
Didn't really like the overall presentation of the book. The 97 things every developer should know, well there are a couple which are interesting and make sense, the others are... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Jean Paul Galea
It's amazing what passes for wisdom sometimes
I'd give it a miss if I were you. I've read about 10 of the 97 things so far, and it's all either stating the bleedin' obvious or trotting out some typical business-speak waffle... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by chiefgibbon
A bunch of good blog entries or small essays
This book is a good collection of small blog entries or essays if you will. Nearly all of these are good reminders of what is essentially good thinking or practice for a software... Read more
Published on 19 July 2009 by Dennis D. Jensen
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