Gerald Weinberg

Gerald Weinberg

Gerald Marvin (Jerry) Weinberg (27 October 1933) is an American computer scientist, author and teacher of the psychology and anthropology of computer software development.

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Biography

Gerald Weinberg was born and raised in Chicago. In 1963 he received a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan.[1][2]

Weinberg started working in the computing business at IBM in 1956 at the Federal Systems Division Washington, where he participated as Manager of Operating Systems Development in the Project Mercury (1959–1963), which aimed to put a human in orbit around the Earth. In 1960 he published one of his first papers.[3] Since 1969 he is consultant and Principal at Weinberg & Weinberg. Here he conducts workshops such as the AYE Conference,[4] The Problem Solving Leadership workshop since 1974, and workshops about the Fieldstone Method. Further Weinberg has been an author at Dorset House Publishing since 1970, consultant at Microsoft since 1988, and moderator at the Shape Forum since 1993.[2]

Weinberg has been a visiting professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, SUNY Binghamton, and Columbia University. He has been a member of the Society for General Systems Research since the late 1950s.[5] He is also a Founding Member of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, a member of the Southwest Writers and the Oregon Writers Network, and a Keynote Speaker on many software development conferences.[1]

In 1993 he was the Winner of The J.-D. Warnier Prize for Excellence in Information Sciences, the 2000 Winner of The Stevens Award for Contributions to Software Engineering, and the 2010 Software Test Professionals first annual Luminary Award.[6][7]

Work

His most well-known books are The Psychology of Computer Programming and Introduction to General Systems Thinking, both of which are considered to be classics, having been re-issued by the publisher in "Silver Editions". Weinberg is well-known for an engaging style of writing that calls upon his own humorous aphorisms, such as his Law of Twins.

In recent years, Weinberg was involved with the SHAPE Forum (Software as a Human Activity Performed Effectively)[8] and working with the AYE Conference. Weinberg’s life and work were honored in November 2008 with the publication of The Gift of Time,[9] a collection of essays by a few of his students, colleagues, and friends, describing lessons learned from Weinberg and incorporated in their own consulting and managerial work.

He has also written and published a number of novels, and is a member of the writers' cooperative, Book View Café.[10]

See also

Publications

Weinberg has published more than 40 books and more than 400 articles.[1][11] A selection:

  • 1971. The Psychology of Computer Programming. Silver Anniversary Edition (1998). ISBN 0-932633-42-0
  • 1975. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking. Silver Anniversary Edition (2001). ISBN 0-932633-49-8
  • 1982. Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out what the Problem Really is‎. With Donald C. Gause. ISBN 0-932633-16-1
  • 1986. Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach. ‎ISBN 0-932633-02-1
  • 1986. Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully. ISBN 0932633013
  • 1988. General Principles of Systems Design. With Daniela Weinberg. ISBN 0-932633-07-2
  • 1992. Quality Software Management: Anticipating Change‎. Vol. 1: Systems Thinking. ISBN 0-932633-22-6
  • 2002. More Secrets of Consulting: The Consultant's Tool Kit‎. ISBN 0-932633-52-8
  • 2005. Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method‎. ISBN 0-932633-65-X
  • 2008. Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing. ISBN 0932633692
  • 2010. Freshman Murders. ISBN 1453700153

References

  1. ^ a b c Gerald M. Weinberg at dorsethouse.com. Accessed June 5, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Jerry Weinberg. Author, Teacher, Consultant at linkedin.com. Accessed June 5, 2009.
  3. ^ Proceedings MJ Buist and GM Weinberg (1960). "Real-Time Multiprograming in the Project Mercury". In: Proceedings Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Aerospace Technology. Academic Press. 1960.
  4. ^ AYE conference. Accessed June 5, 2009.
  5. ^ Society for General Systems Research (1960). "General Systems‎" vol 5-6. p.189.
  6. ^ Luminary Award
  7. ^ Previous Stevens Recipients. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  8. ^ The Dorset House Quarterly Interviews: Weinberg Interview (retrieved online 2009-05-01)
  9. ^ Charles, Fiona, ed. The Gift of Time: Essays in Honor of Gerald M. Weinberg on his 75th Birthday. Dorset House, New York, 2008. ISBN 978-0-932633-75-0
  10. ^ The Book View Café
  11. ^ Weinberg's work has been translated into more than ten languages, including Japanese, French, Korean, German, Chinese, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Dutch, Russian, Polish and Portuguese.

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