Quality Software Management: Anticipating Change

This book is for those who want to think deeply on how to be a positive change agent for the people around them. I use this material when speaking at conferences and users groups and the response is always incredibly positive. Listeners always want to know more. Software professional suffer from a complete lack of exposure to excellent writings on non-technical topics. This book does a great job helping fill that gap(as do many of Gerry Weinberg's books).

Well, it's for managers who want to enable change *and* have a lot of free time. This book is fairly long for the amount of information in it, and drags on, even if you're a speed reader. Still, there are some great ideas early on about change agents, how they work, and the environment they require to succeed. It's worth reading at least that part of the book, if you're a manager. However, as a technical leader or 'change agent' yourself, there's not much in this book for you.

The first half of this book is useful for anyone contemplating changing an organization. The second half is directed specifically at project managers. Not a step-by-step guide, but a lot of good concepts and models. Very thought-provoking. If you wonder why you haven't been able to change your organization, this is well worth reading.

ソフトウェア文化を創るの４巻目ですが、この本が一番、システム開発についての記述が多いように感じます。プログラミングやシステム開発の経験がなければ、ちょっととっつきにくい感じです。ただ、経験のある方にとっては、なるほどとうなずくことばかり、過去のあのプロジェクトのときにこんな考えを知っていれば、あんな辛い日々を過ごさなくてもよかったのにと、ただただ感心しております。経験のない方でも何らかのプロマネの方は一読の価値は十分にあります。他の３巻含め、何度も読み返さなくていけない一冊になりました。