Creating a Software Engineering Culture

by Karl Wiegers

Presents a comprehensive approach to improving the quality and effectiveness of the software development process. Author identifies scores of culture builders and culture killers. DLC: Software... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932633331
• ISBN13: 9780932633330
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

A needed dose of software development sanity.

This is a great overview of all the elements of a successful software project - from project planning to system design on up to testing and project postmortem. Many of the topics are covered too lightly to allow a practitioner to use all of Wieger's advice right out of the gate. But that's fine - the book is meant to be a handbook of great ideas from which practitioners should choose, study and implement. Pay particular attention to the discussion on determing project drivers and constraints during the project planning phase - an area usually breezed over, with devastating consequences.

A must read for everyone in the software industry!

A practical guideline for building strong and successful software development methodologies.

Essential especially for small IS shops

Wiegers' experience in a relatively small group at Kodak and his practical approach embodied in this book provide sound and strong encouragement for anybody to improve their software processes. There may be no silver bullet, but this book comes awfully close.

A common-sense approach to software process improvement.

The book contains a common-sense approach to software process improvement strategies for most organizations to follow. Wiegers takes the mystique out of the Software Engineering Institute's CMM and offers the CMM as one way of many to accomplish process improvement. He balances technology and process-focus against real-world people issues. Must reading for anyone involved in a Software Engineering Process Group or for senior managers trying to figure out what all this stuff is about. Text is well illustrated by case studies and examples from the author's experience at Kodak

A guide to creating a healthy software organization

Karl Wieger's book is exceptional in that is provides you with ideas to improve the culture of the software department. It provides culture builders, as well as those nasty culture killers. It leaves you waiting for Monday morning to use at least one of the practices you have read. This is a MUST READ book for all software managers and practitioners.