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SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT The Leprechauns of Software Engineering Laurent Bossavit. 2012. LeanPub (leanpub.com). 144 pages
CSQE Body of Knowledge areas: II. Software Quality Management, III. System and Software Engineering Processes, IV. Project Management
Reviewed by Scott Duncan sduncan@computer. org
[The book is available by download as a PDF file and notes that it "is a work in progress," but that purchasers of the current version "are entitled to free updates at no extra charge."]
The "leprechauns" referred to in the title of this book are those "facts" of software engineering that "have become entrenched ... in spite of being merely anecdotal" and "dressing [themselves] up in the garments of proper scholarship." Specifically, the book addresses:
* The "cone of uncertainty" surrounding one's ability to be specific with estimates when one is at some distance from the target he or...