Chapter 1. Return on Software: Maximizing the Return on Your Software Investment

Almost every software organization on the planet is in the unenviable position of having to do the best it can with limited resources. We could always do more, and we could probably do it better, if we just had more people, more time, or more money. How do we get the most out of the resources we do have? How do we maximize our “bang for the buck”? That's what this book is about—helping you, the practicing software professional (or, the software professional-in-training), make purposeful, appropriate, business-conscious technical decisions so that you and your employer can get the most out of the limited resources you do have. This chapter explains why software professionals ...

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