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Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking
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Guidelines on management are introduced to stimulate the kind of thinking needed.
- ISBN-100932633722
- ISBN-13978-0932633729
- PublisherDorset House
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 1991
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions8.9 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
- Print length336 pages
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"Weinberg addresses more clearly the form and essence of quality that we software people worry about." --Ed Yourdon, American Programmer
About the Author
Weinberg has written on topics ranging from computer systems and programming to education and problem solving -- and most recently, on writing, itself, and fiction! He is author, coauthor, or editor of twenty Dorset House books.
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- Publisher : Dorset House (September 1, 1991)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0932633722
- ISBN-13 : 978-0932633729
- Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.9 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,858,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #174,784 in Textbooks (Special Features Stores)
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About the author
I've always been interested in helping smart people be happy and productive. To that end, I've published books on human behavior, including Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method, The Psychology of Computer Programming, Perfect Software and Other Fallacies, and an Introduction to General Systems Thinking. I've also written books on leadership including Becoming a Technical Leader, The Secrets of Consulting (Foreword by Virginia Satir), More Secrets of Consulting, and the nine-volume Quality Software series.
I try to incorporate my knowledge of science, engineering, and human behavior into all of my writing and consulting work (with writers, hi-tech researchers, software engineers, and people whose life-situation could require the use of a service dog). I write novels about such people, including The Aremac Project, Aremac Power, Jigglers, First Stringers, Second Stringers, The Hands of God, Freshman Murders, Earth's Endless Effort, Mistress of Molecules, Where There’s a Will There’s a Murder, The Death Lottery—all about how my brilliant protagonists produce quality work and learn to be happy. My books may be found linked from my website: geraldmweinberg.com.
I’ve won many awards for my writing but the "award" I'm most proud of is the book, The Gift of Time (Fiona Charles, ed.) written by my student and readers for my 75th birthday. Their stories make me feel that I've been at least partially successful at helping smart people be happy.
- Gerald M. (Jerry) Weinberg
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 1999This book holds a special place in my heart. It's the first technical book I ever read in one sitting.
I've been in the software business since 1983. By the time I encountered Quality Software Management in 1992, I was thoroughly cynical about books about software project management. By and large they were, and still are, preachy tomes that quote unverifiable statistics and make dubious claims about "right" and "wrong" processes. Grow up, guys!
Jerry's books are different, and this is my favorite of all of his books. As I read QSM, I didn't feel preached at or condescended to. I felt like, for the first time, someone was offering me ideas for coping with the very difficult problems that face those of us who work on projects where we don't have enough time, enough information, enough skill, or enough money to do a perfect job of anything. Given our limitations, we have to make tradeoff decisions in light of the best understanding of cause and effect we can muster. That's exactly what my organization was trying to do, in '92, when we were competing and winning against Microsoft (oh, they eventually beat us by hiring away the top third of our team, but that's another story). We just thought of ourselves as pragmatists, but when I read QSM I realized that our approach was also scientifically sound.
Looking back, I see QSM as one of the handful books in this field that actually helped me to become more expert at my job, and it's the first book I suggest to anyone who is serious about software quality assurance or software project management.
Get it and read it.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2003I was recommended to read this book by Mark Barker (an associate of Parity Training) in 1999, after 10 years or so working experience. To say that scales fell from my eyes would be an understatement! Some of the concepts were familiar to me in a slightly different context (e.g. feedback) but Jerry does a superb job of applying some of these techniques in context.
If you've been in "the business" for any length of time you'll also chuckle at your own stupidity when Jerry talks about issues that we've all handled wrongly in the past.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 1998I am not a software developer. When I stumbled across Gerry's book, I soon realized that I had found a hidden treasure. It contains within it the best definitions of quality that I have ever read. And he has a great sense of humor that helps make the lessons and insights you will get from the book easier to take. PS: His other books are equally great and should be read by software folks, as well as everyone else. Ned Hamson, Senior Editor, Association for Quality and Participation.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2006If I owned no other books on information technology, I would want the four volume Weinberg "Quality Software Management" series. The books contain a wealth of practical information on managing the software development process.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2011I guess I under-estimated how much I already knew. It isn't that the book is not good, it just didn't give me much that I didn't already know.
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Gerhard Friedrich (360PM)Reviewed in Germany on April 28, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr viele sehr anregende und hilfreiche Inhalte
Weinberg geht auf viele Themen mit überraschenden Ansätzen ein und das praxisrelevant.
Zum Shop auch noch: Alles sehr in Ordnung. Früher als angekündigt geliefert. Verpackung OK. Preis sehr gut. Bin sehr zufrieden und kann den Shop sehr empfehlen.
- PhilReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2005
5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I'd been introduced to this book when I started!
I was recommended to read this book by Mark Barker (an associate of Parity Training) in 1999, after 10 years or so working experience. To say that scales fell from my eyes would be an understatement! Some of the concepts were familiar to me in a slightly different context (e.g. feedback) but Jerry does a superb job of applying some of these techniques in context.
If you've been in "the business" for any length of time you'll also chuckle at your own stupidity when Jerry talks about issues that we've all handled wrongly in the past.