Software book on leadership for developers released

BANGALORE: Rational Software released "Software Leadership: A Guide

to Successful Software Development", authored by Rational’s

senior consultant, Murray Cantor.

The guide, for developers and managers at all technical levels, is set to

address the increasing need for software leadership skills within development

organizations. This book brings the number of software development books written

by Rational thought leaders to more than 55.

A competent software development leader must not only possess a good

understanding of software quality and effective development practices, but also

demonstrate solid team management and communication skills, according to Cantor.

Writing from his own experience as a developer, software architect, project

manager, architecture manager, and consultant to organizations adopting the

Rational Unified Process (RUP), Cantor offers solutions for practical

implementation of process and leadership.

Effective software management has become a crucial denominator for delivering

products to market, especially in the current business climate. Aimed at

fostering leadership and management skills in technical and non-technical

readers, Software Leadership defines the success criteria to help the executive,

developer and project manager become a better leader (and follower) in any

organization that develops software. Mapping the stages of the software

development process to specific leadership tasks, the book introduces a

conceptual model of software productivity and provides guidance, based on the

Rational Unified Process, for implementing management structure within the

lifecycle.