Software Change Management: Case Studies and Practical Advice (Developer Best Practices)

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Why is it so difficult to change organizations? What does it really take to make “process improvement” yield measurable results? For more than 30 years, Donald Riefer has been guiding software teams through the technical, organizational, and people issues that must be managed in order to make meaningful process changes—and better products. This practical guide draws from his extensive experience, featuring 11 case studies spanning the public and private sectors and even academia. Each case study illuminates the original conditions; describes options and recommendations; details reactions, outcomes, and lessons learned; and provides essential references and resources.

Eleven case studies provide insightful, empirical data from real-world organizationsProvides a broad view across organizational settings and factors, such as personnel, and technical environments, including cloud, Agile, and open source optionsIlluminates the hard-won lessons, tradeoffs, and impacts—with advice on how to engineer successful, sustainable changes yourself

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JDMPH1I
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Microsoft Press; 1st edition (December 22, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 22, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4607 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 191 pages