Gerald Weinberg: 43 books

The history of software engineering is riddled with failed attempts to improve quality and productivity without first creating a supportive environment. Many managers spend their money on tools, methodologies, outsourcing, training, and application packages, but these managers rarely spend anything...

Many books have described How Software Is Built. Indeed, that's the first title in my Quality Software Series. But why do we need an entire book to explain Why Software Gets In Trouble? Why not just say "people make mistakes"? Why not? Because there are reasons people make mistakes, and make them repeatedly, and fail to discover and correct them. That's what this book is about.

This is part 1 of the latest edition of the classic, Quality Software Management. Its fundamental purpose is to teach how to understand the dynamics of software development organizations, to plan software projects, and to act effectively to carry out those plans.

-A software starship that has gone where no-one has gone before–N. Zvegintzov-brimming with simple techniques & examples of their application –Computing Rev.-required reading for anyone who cares about project success—N. Karten-enlightening, practical, humorous, and enormously inspiring—Yourdon-a must for all sentient software line and project managers—S/W Quality World

Active Regulation is Volume 3 in the General Systems Thinking series that begins with the world-wide best-selling, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking. (also available in ebook formats) That first series volume focused on the question,"Why do we see what we see?" The second and third...

As inhabitants of this small planet we have looked up at the stars and wondered if intelligent life from other planets are visiting us. These talented authors answer this question in a wide range of short stories ranging from the truth about Roswell, and the dreaded pirate Blackbeard fighting an alien...

How Would You Live If You Lost Your Hands?Could you feed yourself? Clean yourself? What about opening a door? How would you dress yourself, or tie your shoes? Would everyone you ever loved consider you a freak? A monster?Pamela Ruka knows the answers to these questions, and more. When she was six years old, she lost her hands in the accident that claimed her mother’s life.

Jerry celebrates his 50 years together with Dani in Poetry. A true love story for all ages.

Passive Regulation is Volume 2 in the General Systems Thinking series that begins with the world-wide best-selling, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking. (also available in ebook formats) That first series volume focused on the question,"Why do we see what we see?" This second books...

SHAPE is an acronym for Software as a Human Activity Performed Effectively and is also the name of a web based discussion community devoted to issues in project management. The participants in the discussion are some of the leading figures in the area of the management of software projects and this...

Finally, after 100 years, Roger Fixman explains to his grandson the great secret of Jigglers, Inc., the company that Aremac built and the riches it made for Roger and Tess.

This is the short story that inspired the novel, "Mistress of Molecules." It shows what a little logic can do in the face of an emotional crisis. Also contains opening chapters of "Mistress of Molecules."

What happens if the physicists' String Theory is correct, and the "real" universe is nothing more than a human mental construct? And what happens to the half-dozen young adults who, through an accident on their common day of conception, can mentally pull the strings of the universe? And...

The Blind Warrior is December Wells (Ember). Through an accident of birth, Ember possesses mental control over heat and cold. When she becomes angry, however, this power takes control of her. When she was a young teen, a man attempted to harm her. Angered, she lost control of her power, causing her...