Editing Steve McConnell

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'''Steven C. McConnell''' is an author of [[software engineering]] textbooks such as ''[[Code Complete]]'', ''Rapid Development'', and ''Software Estimation''.  He is cited as an expert in software engineering and project management.<ref>{{cite web | author=Michael Krigsman | title=Top thinkers in project management today | date=July 23, 2010 | work=[[ZDNet]] | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-thinkers-in-project-management-today/ | access-date=2015-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis | author=Gregory B. Russell | title=A systems analysis of complex software product development dynamics and methods | work=DSpace@MIT | publisher=MIT | year=2007 | hdl=1721.1/42371 | type=Thesis }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | editor=Detlev J. Hoch | title=Secrets of Software Success: Management Insights from 100 Software Firms | year=2000 | publisher=Harvard Business Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/secretsofsoftwar00hoch/page/191 191] | isbn=1578511054 | url=https://archive.org/details/secretsofsoftwar00hoch | url-access=registration | access-date=2015-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Dwayne Phillips | title=The Software Project Manager's Handbook: Principles That Work at Work | year=2004 | publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] | page=472 | isbn=0471674206 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=326vuXWBBlgC&pg=PA472 | access-date=2015-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Stwart Baird | title=SAMS Tech Yourself Extreme Programming in 24 Hours | publisher=[[SAMS Publishing]] | year=2002 | page=406 | isbn=0672324415 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zsN9XH5pmQC&q=steve%20mcconnell&pg=PA406 | access-date=2015-04-13}}</ref>

== Career ==
McConnell graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy,  minoring in computer science,<ref>{{cite book | author1=Steve McConnell | author2=Scott Berkun | author2-link=Scott Berkun | chapter=Better Practices: An Interview with Steve McConnell |editor1=Andrew Stellman |editor2=Jennifer Greene | title=Beautiful Teams: Inspiring and Cautionary Tales from Veteran Team Leaders | year=2009 | publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] | page=205 | isbn=978-0596804923 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQpIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA205 | access-date=2015-04-13}}</ref> at [[Whitman College]] in [[Walla Walla, Washington]], 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.

McConnell published his first book, ''[[Code Complete]]'', in 1993.

From 1996 to 1998, he was the editor of the "Best Practices" column in the [[IEEE Software]] magazine. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the [[editor-in-chief]] of the magazine.<ref>{{Cite journal | author=Warren Harrison | title=Our 20th Anniversary | year=2003 | journal=IEEE Software | volume=20 | number=6|pages=5–7 | doi=10.1109/MS.2003.10026 }}</ref>

''The New York Times'' has quoted McConnell stating that there are "15 to 50 defects per 1,000 lines of code in delivered software" on average.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/technology/software-as-weaponry-in-a-computer-connected-world.html|title=Software as Weaponry in a Computer-Connected World|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 June 2016|last1=Perlroth|first1=Nicole}}</ref>

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928074055/http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=2325 TV Interview], University of Washington TV
*[http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=215 Web Interview], on [[.NET Rocks!]]

== External links ==
*[https://stevemcconnell.com Steve McConnell's website]
*[http://www.construx.com Construx Software], Steve McConnell's company

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