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3.0

For a book written nearly 20 years ago -- in 1995 -- this book has a lot of fresh insights. The book has a lot of good ideas about the people side of software development. Common threads throughout these essays are integrity and practicality. DeMarco cares about doing what works -- and to have success in the long term, what works need to involve integrity in leadership, team work, measurement, and every other aspect of the development process. All that said, there are some essays that are quite dated, hence the 3/5.
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