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In this first volume of the Quality Software Management series, Gerald M. Weinberg tackles the first requirement for developing quality software: learning to think correctly -- about problems, solutions, and quality itself.

Guidelines on management are introduced to stimulate the kind of thinking needed.

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1 author picked Quality Software Management, Volume 1 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Gerald M. – Jerry – Weinberg is my most-often quoted author.

Having spent more than 50 years in the software world, Jerry was able to write in a timeless manner about the lessons he learned. Over the years, he collected more and more stories he survived from, including all aspects that brings software from an idea to a product that everyone can use.

In this first volume in his Quality Software Management series, he will extend your perspective with Causal-Loop Diagrams and thereby introduce you to the world of Thinking in Systems.

The takeaways from his stories are fostered in…

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