Bad Software: What To Do When Software Fails

by Cem Kaner and David Pels

Avoid technological lemons and be your own consumer advocate. Most software products are released with known defects. Misleading advertising is rampant in the industry, and few software publishers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471318264
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.8" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

good book for failures

can you send this book for my testing purpose please send me the details if possiable. or it is available to buy from mumbai-Thane ( india) i am interesting to buy this book asap.Thanks and regards.

A good basis for understanding what to do about bad software

This book talks about the common experience of buying and trying to use software which has defects or does not meet our needs. It sets out what you can do about this and what you should rightfully expect (and what not). As a practitioner myself I see such a book as important not only for the consumer but also for everyone who produces software.I liked the approach that explains how customer service staff experience customer complaints and how NOT to complain (ie screaming and shouting will at best get you onto the PA system for the customer care staff to enjoy). Complaining is a psychologically difficult terrain and Cem's book helps doing it more effectively.There is a short coming (not of Kaner's fault) in that in chapter 7 he refers to the American laws, which obviously do not apply overseas. Nevertheless this book is useful because many of the principles in the US do apply in many countries.

About time book for software consumers!

Complain!com REVIEW: Cem Kaner and I worked together briefly at Oracle/NCI. I had dinner with a mutual old friend recently who pointed me at this book. Software is an area where the consumer has been far too tolerant in my estimation - speaking quietly with their feet. While that has proven good for the collective it has been less satisfying for the individual. A book of this kind for software consumers was long over due. Kudos Cem. - Steven

An unusually fresh perspective on quality in software.

An unusually fresh perspective on quality, or lack of it, in software... written by well-respected and highly qualified individuals. Highly recommended reading and reference!