80% of software projects fail-here's why the other 20% succeed!

Software Development is the most thorough, realistic guide to "what works" in software development-and how to make it happen in your organization. Leading consultant Marc Hamilton tackles all three key components of successful development: people, processes, and technology.

From streamlining infrastructures to retraining programmers, choosing tools to implementing service-level agreements, Hamilton unifies all of today's best practices-in management, architecture, and software engineering. There's never been a more comprehensive blueprint for software success.

* Discover "The Ten Commandments of Software Development"
* Build a winning software development team, organize it for success - and retain your best talent
* Create a software architecture that maps to business goals and serves as a foundation for successful development
* Define processes that streamline component and Web-based development projects
* Leverage the advantages of object-oriented techniques throughout the entire lifecycle
* Make the most of Java, JavaBeans, and Jini technology
* Learn the best ways to measure software quality and productivity-and improve them