Mission Statement for Yourdon Press Series

In today's hectic, fast-paced economy, IT professionals and managers are under constant pressure to deliver new systems more quickly than ever before. One of the consequences of this pressure is that they're often thrown into situations for which they're not fully prepared. On Monday, they're given a new assignment in the area of testing, or risk management, or building a new application with the latest tools from IBM or Microsoft or Sun; and on Tuesday, they're expected to be productive and proficient. In many cases, they don't have time to attend a detailed training course; and they certainly don't have time to read a thousand- page War and Peace tome that explains the theoretical nuances of the technology, ...

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