Review of "The new playscript procedure: management tool for action by Matthies, Leslie H." Office Publications, Inc., Stamford, Conn., 1977, 192 pp., ISBN 0-911054-04-9
This paper describes an in-house programmer training scheme that produced competent, productive, and practical programmers while minimizing the time taken and the costs involved. It gives details of the curriculum, highlights the benefits achieved, and discusses our solutions to the problems encountered. In addition, it examines the policies necessary on the part of management and the implementors to ensure the success of such a scheme.