{"product_id":"2940012426239","title":"CHANGE: Planned \u0026 Unplanned","description":"Gerald M. Weinberg illustrates how to create a supportive environment for software engineering —an environment in which your organization can realize long-lasting gains in quality and productivity by learning how to manage change.\u003cbr\u003eAs the author argues, the history of software engineering is riddled with failed attempts to improve quality and productivity without first creating a supportive environment. Many managers spend their money on tools, methodologies, outsourcing, training, and application packages, but they rarely spend anything to improve or to remove the management that created those situations in the first place.\u003cbr\u003eFrom systems thinking to project management to technology transfer to the interaction of culture and process, this volume analyzes transformation from a broad range of perspectives, providing a breadth of awareness essential for successful management of high-quality software development.\u003cbr\u003eTopics include:\u003cbr\u003eMeta-Planning: Information\u003cbr\u003eMeta-Planning: Systems Thinking\u003cbr\u003eTactical Change Planning\u003cbr\u003ePlanning Like a Software Engineer\u003cbr\u003eWhat Changes Have to Happen\u003cbr\u003eComponents of Stable Software Engineering\u003cbr\u003eProcess Principles\u003cbr\u003eCulture and Process\u003cbr\u003eImproving Process\u003cbr\u003eRequirements Principles and Process\u003cbr\u003eChanging the Requirements Process\u003cbr\u003eThe book also had five important appendices:\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: The Diagram of Effects\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: The Software Engineering Cultural Patterns\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C. The Satir Interaction Model\u003cbr\u003eAppendix D. Control Models\u003cbr\u003eAppendix E. The Three Observer Positions","brand":"Weinberg \u0026 Weinberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073473691888,"sku":"2940012426239","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012426239_p0.jpg?v=1763568847","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012426239","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}