Further Reading

Boehm, Barry, and Rony Ross. "Theory-W Software Project Management: Principles and Examples," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, July 1989. This paper spells out Theory-W. It's loaded with insights into successful negotiating principles and customer-relations psychology. It contains an excellent case study that describes a typical software project and analyzes how Theory-W could be applied to it.

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