...because what the author describes is pretty much the MS dev process (cf CH4 Defining products and development processes). Reading JOS, "How to be a program manager" also shows how MS PM's worked in conjunction with developers ~ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/09.html MS sure knows/knew a thing or two about organising large groups of people to produce software & output product in a corporate setting.
Hasn't everyone read, "Microsoft Secrets" ~ http://www.amazon.com/MICROSOFT-SECRETS-Powerful-Software-Te...
...because what the author describes is pretty much the MS dev process (cf CH4 Defining products and development processes). Reading JOS, "How to be a program manager" also shows how MS PM's worked in conjunction with developers ~ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/09.html MS sure knows/knew a thing or two about organising large groups of people to produce software & output product in a corporate setting.