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Software Development Pearls : Lessons from Fifty Years of Software Experience, Paperback / softback Book

Software Development Pearls : Lessons from Fifty Years of Software Experience Paperback / softback

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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 problemCreate robust designs that implement the right functionality and quality attributes and can evolveAnticipate and avoid ubiquitous project management pitfallsGrow a culture in which behaviors actually align with what people claim to valuePlan realistically for quality and build it in from the outsetUse process improvement to achieve desired business results, not as an end in itselfChoose 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.

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