TY - JOUR
AU1 - Litecky, C. R.
AB -  REVIEWS/ABSTRACTS The following are used with permission from 1976 issues of Computing Reviews. Brandon, Dick H.; Palley, Arnold D.; 29,350 and O'Reilly, A. Michael DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT: METHODS AND STANDARDS. Macmillan Information, New York, 1975, 520 pp. $25. This book's scope covers "standards" for systems development, analysis and design, programming, testing, installation, planning, operations, production support, evaluation, maintenance, and documentation, plus recommendations for the "management" of projects, production, personnel, facilities, and contractors. Few DP books give as much for the price. It is a timely and useful successor to the first author's MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR DATA PROCESSING [D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, N.J., 1963; CR 5, 5 (Sept.-Oct. 1964), Rev. 6162.], and the five-volume HANDBOOK OF DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT [Auerbach Publications, Philadelphia, Pa., 1971]. The authors admit t h a t "The great bulk of the book is devoted to i l l u s t r a t i o n s . . . , " and, indeed, the opus has 133 figures t h a t range from "Communication Paths in the System Development Process" to a sample software contract. The chapter on Personnel Requirements is followed by 25 consecutive pages of f i g u 
TI - Review of The Program Development Process--the Individual Programmer by Aron, J. D. (IBM Corporation). Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1974, 288 pp.
JF - ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel
DO - 10.1145/382075.1037251
DA - 1977-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/association-for-computing-machinery/review-of-the-program-development-process-the-individual-programmer-by-dxQA0dsbcP
SP - 14
VL - 7
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -