Apoligies in advance.. [Which book?]

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Apoligies in advance.. [Which book?]

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I'm extra sorry for asking this, because I saw the same question asked not more than a few weeks ago but my searches have not been fruitful..

As I have suddenly discovered due to one of my projects falling flat on it's face.. I suck at designing. Well, more that I don't do it properly.

So, I remember an O'Reilly book being recommended but I can't find it on here, nor on oreilly.com..

Could you please post book recommendations for project design practices?

Much obliged :)
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Are you referring to Project Management?
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Evidently I suck at searching, and remembering keywords too.

Thank you.
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Actually, feyd, whilst the book "The Art of Project Management" does look like a good book, I'm not sure it is what I am after.. when I say design I refer to literally how to design an application, but not to the other sections listed for that book (such as meeting deadlines, or motivatin the team etc.) is this book still good for just that area?
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It's focused more on the business level side of the equation, so while I do recommend it, it might not be the perfect match to what you're looking for. However, it was written for software development, so it's more on-topic than most other project management books I've seen.
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Do you mean how to design models, processes, erds, uml, ooad, etc or are you looking at the full project life cycle like scoping, uat, cost estimation, etc?
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Client: "I want a site that does ... "

Me: "Right.. where do I start?!"

That part of the design phase.

System life cycle I have had drummed into me for the last 5 years by my employer, only thing missing was the beginning as I haven't been involved in any new projects thus far :)
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Jenk wrote:Client: "I want a site that does ... "

Me: "Right.. where do I start?!"

That part of the design phase.
This is an illustration, albeit brief, of the scope of a project. So it would appear you are talking about Project Management, in which case I fully back the recommendation for the book I've already mentioned.

If you are unfamiliar with UML and related systems, I can also suggest getting the Object Technology series of books from Addison-Wesley: http://www.awprofessional.com/otseries
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