{"product_id":"9780133492231","title":"Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects","description":"This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 2003).\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf There’s No Risk On Your Next Project, Don’t Do It.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreater risk brings greater reward, especially in software development. A company that runs away from risk will soon find itself lagging behind its more adventurous competition. By ignoring the threat of negative outcomes–in the name of positive thinking or a can-do attitude–software managers drive their organizations into the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Waltzing with Bears, Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister–the best-selling authors of Peopleware–show readers how to identify and embrace worthwhile risks. Developers are then set free to push the limits. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors present the benefits of risk management, including that it makes aggressive risk-taking possible, protects management from getting blindsided, provides minimum-cost downside protection, reveals invisible transfers of responsibility, isolates the failure of a subproject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders are armed with strategies for confronting the most common risks that software projects face: schedule flaws, requirements inflation, turnover, specification breakdown, and under-performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaltzing with Bears will help you mitigate the risks–before they turn into project-killing problems. Risks are out there–and they should be there–but there is a way to manage them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078786826480,"sku":"9780133492231","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133492231_p0.jpg?v=1763641047","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133492231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}