As the technology leader at a small software company, you need to focus on people, products, processes, and technology as you bring your software to market, while doing your best to put out fires and minimize headaches. Growing Software is your guide to juggling the day-to-day challenges of running a software company while managing those long-term problems and making sure that your business continues to grow. With practical, hands-on advice, Growing Software will teach you how to build and lead an effective team, define and sell your products, work with everyone from customers to CEOs, and ensure high-quality results. Instead of learning by trial and error, you'll benefit from author Louis Testa's 20+ years of management experience. Testa combines big-picture advice, specific solutions, and real-life anecdotes to teach you how to: Work effectively with your CEO and executive team Improve development team efficiency and enthusiasm Evaluate your software methodology to improve effect

About the Author
Louis Testa is Senior Engineering Manager at Galois, a small company that specializes in high-assurance software. He received his BS (with honors) in Engineering from Caltech and his MS EE from the University of California, Berkeley. He has managed engineering teams for over 20 years, and his papers have been featured at many technology conferences. He blogs at www.gspractices.com.

Reviews
"Full of hands-on advice on how to deal with the whole workflow surrounding the creation of software."
-Programming Zen

"I found it reassuring on those topics already within my experience, and enlightening on the areas beyond."
-Edinburgh Perl Mongers




Book Information
ISBN 9781593271831
Author Louis Testa
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint No Starch Press,US
Publisher No Starch Press,US