Quality · Software · Management: Coordinate Actions

Author: Gerald Weinberg (USA) Hou Xiaoyu / Li Hongguang (G.M.) Hou Xiaoyu Li Hongguang
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Gerald Weinberg's "Software Engineering Quality Management Series" (a four-volume set) is one of the most practical books in this category. Currently, the popular related works in China, whether by domestic authors or translations, are either overly general or narrow in scope. However, Weinberg's four books systematically provide actionable guidelines for software engineering management by addressing personal improvement, organizational enhancement, methodological advancement, and many other aspects. The issues discussed in this book are almost daily occurrences in our surroundings and are problems that all R&D organizations are either actively working to solve or yet to discover. Alternatively, this series covers all typical problems faced by software engineering organizations at every stage of their development, from creation to growth. This book is the third volume in the series. It clearly proposes and elaborates on the concept of "coordination management." Coordinated management refers to how a manager thinks and acts in a harmonious manner when facing various software organizational issues. This coordinated approach not only resolves interpersonal communication barriers in R&D but also gradually makes the organization itself more harmonious, reduces obstacles through organizational culture, and improves R&D efficiency while lowering the probability of failure. The book accurately and vividly summarizes four common behaviors in software organizations: mutual blame, appeasement, being overly reasonable, and burying one's head in the sand, and provides solutions for each. From this book, we can also learn about the classification of human personalities and habits, as well as techniques for managing different types of people.