{"product_id":"software-development-pearls-plessons-from-fifty-years-of-software-experience-paperback-p","title":"Software Development Pearls (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eAccelerate Your Pursuit of Software Excellence by Learning from Others' Hard-Won Experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\"Karl is one of the most thoughtful software people I know. He has reflected deeply on the software development irritants he has encountered over his career, and this book contains 60 of his most valuable responses.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e-- From the Foreword by \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eSteve McConnell, Construx Software and author of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e Code Complete \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\"Wouldn't it be great to gain a lifetime's experience without having to pay for the inevitable errors of your own experience? Karl Wiegers is well versed in the best techniques of business analysis, software engineering, and project management. You'll gain concise but important insights into how to recover from setbacks as well as how to avoid them in the first place.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e--Meilir Page-Jones, Senior Business Analyst, Wayland Systems Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eExperience is a powerful teacher, but it's also slow and painful. You can't afford to make every mistake yourself! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoftware Development Pearls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003ehelps you improve faster and bypass much of the pain by learning from others who already climbed the learning curves. Drawing on 25+ years helping software teams succeed, Karl Wiegers has crystallized 60 concise, practical lessons for all your projects, regardless of your role, industry, technology, or methodology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWiegers's insights and specific recommendations cover six crucial elements of success: requirements, design, project management, culture and teamwork, quality, and process improvement. For each, Wiegers offers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eFirst Steps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003efor reflecting on your own experiences before you start; detailed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eLessons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003ewith core insights, real case studies, and actionable solutions; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eNext Steps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003efor planning adoption in your project, team, or organization. This is knowledge you weren't taught in college or boot camp. It can boost your performance as a developer, business analyst, quality professional, or manager.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 18px 20px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eClarify requirements to gain a shared vision and understanding of your real problem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eCreate robust designs that implement the right functionality and quality attributes and can evolve\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eAnticipate and avoid ubiquitous project management pitfalls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eGrow a culture in which behaviors actually align with what people claim to value\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003ePlan realistically for quality and build it in from the outset\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eUse process improvement to achieve desired business results, not as an end in itself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eChoose your next steps to get full value from all these lessons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eRegister your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and\/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: font-weight:\u003e About the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif padding:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eKarl Wiegers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e is Principal Consultant with Process Impact, a software development consulting and training company in Happy Valley, Oregon. Previously, he spent eighteen years at Kodak, where he held positions as a photographic research scientist, software developer, software manager, and software process and quality improvement leader. Karl received a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. Karl is the author of twelve previous books and has written many articles on software development, management, design, consulting, chemistry, and military history. 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