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Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones) by Marianne Bellotti
hlnaima's review
5.0
Excellent ! A good place to start if you think the systems you're working on might need a little modernization
dgignac's review
2.0
I really wanted to like this book. Sadly, it was not quite what I was expecting. This book was focused on the assumption that the organization was responsible for the engineering/design of the legacy system. In my case, we purchase the ERP system. Therefore, some concepts were applicable, but not as many as I had hoped.
hussainweb's review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.0
The book was a little difficult to read as it felt that the author was jumping between different topics. It slowly becomes clear how the topics are related. This is one of those books where a re-read becomes necessary.
That said, the subject material is very valuable as it is driven from real world stories. All these stories are contextual but there is enough diversity here so that at least one of these would be helpful in your case, as long as it is about managing a complex and large software system.
Despite the difficulty, it is a must-read book.
That said, the subject material is very valuable as it is driven from real world stories. All these stories are contextual but there is enough diversity here so that at least one of these would be helpful in your case, as long as it is about managing a complex and large software system.
Despite the difficulty, it is a must-read book.
phire's review
5.0
Read the first half of this last year and loved it, decided to come back to it since I hadn’t been able to read anything new for like two months. I genuinely think everyone who builds software (this includes product and design), everyone who manages someone who build software, and everyone who cares about how theories of change clash against organizational incentives should read this.
monvural's review
3.0
It’s much more of a textbook than I would have imagined and it lacks the anecdotes that I was hoping the author with her experience would share.
The frameworks are very good, and this will definitely be a book to reference when doing modernization work.
I just wish it had more practical stories instead of just theory and frameworks.
The frameworks are very good, and this will definitely be a book to reference when doing modernization work.
I just wish it had more practical stories instead of just theory and frameworks.