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1、PraiseforManagingSoftwareDebt“Ifyouworkintechnology,you’reprobablyfamiliarwithtermslike‘technicaldebt.’Themeta-phorseemseasy,butusingittoinfluencechangecanberemarkablyhard.Todothat,you’regoingtowanttopresentoptionstodecisionmakers,backedupbyevidence.I’vebee
2、nimpressedwatchingChrisSterlingresearchandrefinehisworkinjustthisareaforseveralyears,andI’mpleasedtoseehimreleaseitasabook.Ifyouwanttogobeyondclichéstotalkabouthowtodealwiththeproblemofsoftwaredebt,thisistheseminalworkinthefield—andit’salsothebookforyou.”—M
3、atthewHeusser,SoftwareProcessNaturalist“Inertia:It’swhatrestrictschangeandleadstoacostofmakingachangeorstartingachangeafteraperiodofnoinvestmentormaintenance.Thisbookexplainsingreatdetailwhatthedif-ferenttypesofdebtarethatleadtoinertiaand,ultimately,toacost
4、tothebusinessinmanag-ingsoftwaremaintenanceanddevelopment.Therichnessofexplanationinthisbookofhowtomanagethevirtualdebtthateverybusinessincursisunmatched.Everybusiness-focusedCIO,enterprisearchitect,softwarearchitect,orprojectmanagershouldhaveacopy.”—ColinR
5、enouf,EnterpriseArchitect“SoftwaredebtisanimportantconceptandSterlingdoesasterlingjobofexplainingwhatitis,whyitisbad,andhowtoavoidit.Ahealthydoseoftheorysprinkledwithlotsofpragmaticexamples.”—RogerSessions,CTO,ObjectWatch(objectwatch.com)“ChrisSterling’sexp
6、erienceinAgilearchitectureandhisfocusonsoftwaredebtmakethisbookamust-readforarchitectsandengineersonAgileteams.”—JanBosch,VPEngineeringProcess,Intuit“Thisbookoffershighlightsandshortcomingsofmanaginginheritedsoftwarecodeandthedebtsthatcomewithqualitysoftwar
7、e.Theauthoroffersauniqueperspectiveondealingwithsoftwaredevelopmentissues.Amust-readforallsoftwaredevelopers.”—LeynaCotran,InstituteforSoftwareResearch,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine“Thevitalimportanceofrapidfeedbacktothesoftwareprocessisafundamentalpremiseo
8、fmodernsoftwaremethods.Whensuchfeedbackisquantifiedintheformofsoftwaredebt,thesoftwareprocessbecomesmosteffective.ChrisSterling’sbookholdsthedetailsyouneedtoknowinordertoquantifythedebtandpayitback.Mor
