{"product_id":"code-is-design-jim-karabatsos-9798195018559","title":"Code is Design: Why software projects fail, and what developers and their clients can do about it","description":"\u003cp\u003eYour software project is late. It has cost twice what was budgeted. The features that were supposed to be ready six months ago still aren't working. And nobody - not the developers, not the consultants, not the project manager - can give you a straight answer about why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem isn't incompetent developers or unreasonable clients. It isn't the wrong methodology, or insufficient process, or inadequate tools. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of what software development actually is - one that has persisted for fifty years, infected the way projects are planned and contracted, and cost organisations around the world billions in wasted effort and broken trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on over four decades of commercial development experience across industries and continents, Code Is Design exposes the construction myth at the heart of almost every failed software project: the belief that writing code is like building a bridge - that a system can be fully designed upfront, estimated with precision, and handed to a team of developers to simply \"build.\" It cannot. And understanding why changes everything about how software projects should be run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a developer who has lost count of the times you have been asked for an impossible estimate, or a manager who cannot understand why your technology investments keep going sideways - this book was written for both of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Karabatsos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798195018559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Jim Karabatsos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801468088575,"sku":"9798195018559","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/code-is-design-jim-karabatsos-9798195018559","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}