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Encyclopedia > Steve McConnell

Steven "Steve" C. McConnell is a well-known author of many software engineering textbooks including Code Complete, Rapid Development, and Software Estimation. In 1998, McConnell was named as one of the three most influential people in the software industry by Software Development Magazine, along with Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds. Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ... Code Complete (ISBN 1556154844) is a 1993 software development book by Steve McConnell urging developers to get past code and fix programming and the big design up front waterfall model. ... For other persons named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). ... Linus Benedict Torvalds  ; born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland, is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. ...

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Career

McConnell graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and a Master's degree in software engineering from Seattle University. He then pursued a career in the desktop software industry, working at Microsoft, Boeing, the Russell Investment Group and several other Seattle area firms. At Microsoft, McConnell worked on TrueType as part of Windows 3.1. At Boeing, he worked on a Strategic Defense Initiative project. This article is about the college in Washington state. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society which considers its mission to be fostering and recognizing excellence in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. ... Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ... Centennial Fountain, designed by George Tsutakawa. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Boeing. ... Downtown Tacoma - Russell Investment Group building, far right, building in the back, maroon and glass Russell Investment Group is an investment services company based in Tacoma, Washington. ... TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. ... A typical Windows 3. ... The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983[1] to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. ...


McConnell published his first book, Code Complete, in 1993. He is presently (March 2007) the CEO and Chief Software Engineer of Construx Software, a software engineering consulting firm he founded in 1996. Code Complete (ISBN 1556154844) is a 1993 software development book by Steve McConnell urging developers to get past code and fix programming and the big design up front waterfall model. ... Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ...


McConnell has been an active volunteer within the IEEE Computer Society. From 1996 to 1998, he served as Editor of the "Best Practices" column in IEEE Software magazine, and from 1998 to 2002 he served as the Editor in Chief. He has also served as the chair of the IEEE Computer Society's Professional Practices Committee. McConnell is presently (March 2006) a member of the executive committee for the Computer Society's Technical Council on Software Engineering[1]. Since 1998, he has served on the Panel of Experts of the SWEBOK project. An organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), established in 1963 when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) merged to create the IEEE. At the time of the merger, the AIEE’s Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing... IEEE Software is an IEEE Computer Society practitioner-oriented magazine targetting software engineers and managers. ... The Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) is a product of the Software Engineering Coordinating Committee. ...


Bibliography

Books

  • Code Complete editions 1 (1993) ISBN 1-55615-484-4. Second edition (2004) ISBN 0-7356-1967-0
  • Rapid Development (1996) ISBN 0-07-285060-4
  • Software Project Survival Guide (1998) ISBN 1-57231-621-7
  • After the Gold Rush (1999) ISBN 0-7356-0877-6
  • Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers (2004) ISBN 0-321-19367-9
  • Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (2006) ISBN 0-7356-0535-1

Code Complete (ISBN 1556154844) is a 1993 software development book by Steve McConnell urging developers to get past code and fix programming and the big design up front waterfall model. ...

Papers

Service and Memberships

The Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) is a product of the Software Engineering Coordinating Committee. ... An organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), established in 1963 when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) merged to create the IEEE. At the time of the merger, the AIEE’s Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing... IEEE Software is an IEEE Computer Society practitioner-oriented magazine targetting software engineers and managers. ... An organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), established in 1963 when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) merged to create the IEEE. At the time of the merger, the AIEE’s Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization incorporated in the State of New York, United States. ... An organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), established in 1963 when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) merged to create the IEEE. At the time of the merger, the AIEE’s Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing... The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the worlds first scientific and educational computing society. ... Certified Software Development Professional is a computer professional certification provided by IEEE Computer Society. ...

Awards

  • Seattle University's "Alumni of the Year for Professional Accomplishment" award (2004)
  • IEEE Computer Society Golden Core (2003)
  • "40 Under 40" award (one of 40 top regional business leaders under 40 years of age), Puget Sound Business Journal (2000)
  • Software Development Magazine Productivity Award for After the Gold Rush (2000)
  • Software Development Magazine Productivity Award for ESTIMATE Professional estimation software (1999)
  • Game Developer magazine Front Line Award for Software Project Survival Guide (1997)
  • Software Development Magazine Jolt Award for Rapid Development (1997)
  • Software Development Magazine Jolt Award for Code Complete (1994)

Centennial Fountain, designed by George Tsutakawa. ... An organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), established in 1963 when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) merged to create the IEEE. At the time of the merger, the AIEE’s Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing... Game Developer magazine is a monthly trade periodical for the video game industry. ... Code Complete (ISBN 1556154844) is a 1993 software development book by Steve McConnell urging developers to get past code and fix programming and the big design up front waterfall model. ...

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