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Project Management:

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	Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules by: Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press (1996), 647 pages. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com Comment: Used as the text book for several SW project management classes.
	Software Project Survival Guide by: Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 250 pages. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com Comment: A faster read than Rapid Development. Helps identify risks and formulate realistic prevention/reaction strategies.
	Death March: The Complete Software Developers Guide to Surviving Mission Impossible Projects by: Edward Yourdon, Prentice Hall (1997), 218 pages. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com Comment: Great insights from a pioneer -- but reading the book seemed like a death march at times ;-).
	The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management by: Tom Demarco, Dorset House (1997). Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com Comment: None.
	Software Engineering Project Management 2nd Edition by: Richard Thayer (editor), IEEE Computing Society (1997), 529 pages. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com Comment: A collection of papers, most dealing with the real world of software project management.
	Software Project Management: A Unified Framework (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Walker Royce. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com
	Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd Ed. by Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com
	Effective Project Management, 2nd Edition by Robert K. Wysocki, et al. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com
	Breakthrough Technology Project Management by Kathryn P. Rea, Bennet P. Lientz. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com
	On Time Within Budget: Software Project Management Practices and Techniques, 3rd Edition by E. M. Bennatan. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com
	Software Project Management for Small to Medium Sized Projects by John J. Rakos. Recommended by: MemberCare@GoValidate.com
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