Quality Software Management Vol 4: Anticipating Change

by Gerald M. Weinberg

Weinberg closes his series on software management by illustrating how to create a supportive environment for software engineering in which an organization can realize long-lasting gains in quality and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932633323
• ISBN13: 9780932633323
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

MUST READ for anyone facilitating change in a software organization

This book is for those who want to think deeply on how to be a positive change agent for the people around them. I use this material when speaking at conferences and users groups and the response is always incredibly positive. Listeners always want to know more. Software professional suffer from a complete lack of exposure to excellent writings on non-technical topics. This book does a great job helping fill that gap(as do many of Gerry Weinberg's books).

Good book on organizational change emphasising SW management

The first half of this book is useful for anyone contemplating changing an organization. The second half is directed specifically at project managers. Not a step-by-step guide, but a lot of good concepts and models. Very thought-provoking. If you wonder why you haven't been able to change your organization, this is well worth reading.

Best of the series

This book is the best of the quality software series. Save yourself sometime and start with it and if you find it useful, go back to the previous 3 (I found them best in the following order 2,3,1). The chapter on managing requirements is one of best tools I have ever found for convincing management that we must get a handle on our processes. Be warned however, that none of these books are as readable as "The Secrets of Consulting" or "The Pyschology of Computer Programming." Which I view as Weinberg's best works.