I exchanged a few emails with Fred over the years. RIP Fred. Thank you so much for all the wisdom. Sharing one of the last responses here:
Thanks for your kind words. You will find lots of condensed wisdom in the three software books I
value most:
DeMarco & Lister Peopleware
2007. Software engineering: Barry Boehm's lifetime contributions to software development,
management and research. Ed. by Richard Selby.
Hoffman, Daniel M.; Weiss David M. (Eds.): Software Fundamentals – Collected Papers by David L.
Parnas, 2001, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-70369-6.
You might also like my later book on technical design in general: The Design of Design. Start
with Part II.
