For the first time, senior architect and lead developer for a key enterprise systems at NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover mission shares the secrets to one of the most difficult technological task of all-successful software development is written in, a brief conversation, and style-the-point, This book presents principles learned from the Mars Rover project which will help ensure the success of software developed for enterprise systems instill Author Ronald Mak anecdotes from his work on Mars Rover and offers valuable lessons on software architecture, software engineering, design patterns, code development, and project management for any software, regardless of language or platform