Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

DeMarco, Tom.
  Waltzing with bears : managing risk on software projects / Tom DeMarco
& Timothy Lister.
         p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 0-932633-60-9 (soft cover)
 1. Computer software--Development--Management. 2. Risk management.
I. Lister, Timothy R. II. Title.
  QA76.76.D47D4755 2003
  005.1’068--dc21

                                                                                                           2003043481

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Cover Illustration: Tom DeMarco, detail from “Beach Dreams”
Author Photograph: James Robertson
Cover Design: David W. McClintock

Copyright © 2003 by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister. Published by Dorset House Publishing Co., Inc., 3143 Broadway, Suite 2B, New York, NY 10027.

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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2003043481

ISBN: 978-0-932633-60-6            12  11  10

Digital release by Pearson Education, Inc., June, 2013