Accelerate Your Pursuit of Software Excellence by Learning from
Others' Hard-Won Experience "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." -- From the
Foreword by Steve McConnell, Construx Software and author of Code
Complete "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." --Meilir
Page-Jones, Senior Business Analyst, Wayland Systems Inc.
Experience is a powerful teacher, but it's also slow and painful.
You can't afford to make every mistake yourself! Software
Development Pearls helps 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. Wiegers'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 First Steps for reflecting on your own
experiences before you start; detailed Lessons with core insights,
real case studies, and actionable solutions; and Next Steps for
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. Clarify requirements to gain a shared
vision and understanding of your real problem Create robust designs
that implement the right functionality and quality attributes and
can evolve Anticipate and avoid ubiquitous project management
pitfalls Grow a culture in which behaviors actually align with what
people claim to value Plan realistically for quality and build it
in from the outset Use process improvement to achieve desired
business results, not as an end in itself Choose your next steps to
get full value from all these lessons Register your book for
convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they
become available. See inside book for details.
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