Feng Shui for Intelligent Process Improvement (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Intelligent Systems Press, 2026
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
AbeBooks seller since October 12, 2005
Condition: New
£ 63.90
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Paperback. Before Agile boards, DevOps pipelines, cloud dashboards, and AI-driven delivery systems, software organizations relied on structure, documentation, signoffs, audits, process libraries, configuration control, and disciplined accountability.Feng Shui for Intelligent Process Improvement restores that legacy world through a distinctive metaphor of balance, harmony, flow, and workplace alignment.This restored legacy edition presents Intelligent Process Improvement, or IPI, as a practical, people-centered approach to reducing confusion, improving structure, and bringing order back to software work. Rather than replacing traditional software process engineering with modern delivery language, this book intentionally preserves the discipline of structured development: requirements, SDLC phases, CMMI-inspired practices, process champions, audits, metrics, training, change control, and controlled improvement.At its heart, the book uses Feng Shui as a workplace metaphor. A software organization, like a living space, must be arranged so energy can flow. In IT, that energy is work, communication, accountability, documentation, decision-making, and trust. When these forces are blocked, the workplace becomes defensive, political, and tired. When they are aligned, the workplace becomes more orderly, humane, and capable of producing quality.Written for analysts, testers, developers, project managers, quality professionals, auditors, configuration managers, executives, and process leaders, this book offers a nostalgic yet practical view of how disciplined process once created stability in complex IT environments.Readers will learn how to restore balance between process and accountability, understand structured SDLC practices, translate CMMI-inspired discipline into usable workplace process, establish a Process Champions Committee, build a bottom-up process hierarchy, and apply the Find, Fix, Measure, Maintain lifecycle.This is not a modern Agile transformation guide. It is a restored tribute to the legacy principles that shaped software process maturity before every problem had a dashboard, automation tool, or fashionable new acronym.Feng Shui for Intelligent Process Improvement is about arranging people, process, structure, and accountability so software work can flow with less chaos and more purpose. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
Seller Inventory # 9798995872542
- Title
- Feng Shui for Intelligent Process Improvement (Paperback)
- Author
- V. Quan Lee & J. Kay
- Publisher
- Intelligent Systems Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798995872542
Before Agile boards, DevOps pipelines, cloud dashboards, and AI-driven delivery, software organizations depended on structure, documentation, reviews, configuration control, disciplined testing, and clear accountability.
Those principles are not obsolete. They are often the missing foundation beneath modern delivery problems.
Feng Shui for Intelligent Process Improvement restores a practical, people-centered approach to bringing clarity, balance, and order to software development.
BALANCE BEFORE ACCELERATION
Using the metaphor of Feng Shui, this restored legacy edition examines how people, processes, information, controls, and technology must work in balance.
When one part of the system becomes disconnected from the others, organizations experience rework, confusion, inconsistent quality, weak accountability, and delivery risk. Intelligent Process Improvement helps teams recognize those imbalances and restore effective flow.
WHAT THIS BOOK HELPS YOU DO
-
Clarify roles, responsibilities, and decision points
-
Connect requirements, design, development, testing, and implementation
-
Strengthen documentation and configuration control
-
Identify process gaps before they become delivery failures
-
Improve communication across technical and business teams
-
Preserve accountability while adopting modern delivery methods
-
Apply structured improvement principles without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
A BRIDGE BETWEEN DELIVERY ERAS
This edition includes two tools that connect legacy process discipline with modern improvement:
-
The Legacy IPI Operating Compass
-
The CMMI Translation Bridge
Together, they help readers interpret established software-engineering principles through a contemporary Process Intelligence lens.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
-
Software and systems professionals
-
Quality assurance and testing leaders
-
Process-improvement practitioners
-
Government and regulated-industry teams
-
Legacy modernization programs
-
Agile and DevOps leaders seeking stronger process discipline
-
Organizations preparing to integrate AI responsibly
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
This book is not an argument for returning to the past. It is a reminder that speed without structure creates faster confusion, and automation without process understanding scales existing weaknesses.
Modern tools may change how work is performed. The need for clarity, control, balance, and continuous improvement remains.
Process Before Technology.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Grand Eagle Retail
Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 12, 2005
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 6 to 14 business days | 6 to 16 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 0.00 | £ 0.00 |
Payment methods
Seller's business information
APOLLO ONLINE CORP.
605 Geddes Street
Wilmington, DE U.S.A. 19805
Terms of sale
We guarantee the condition of every book as it¿s described on the Abebooks web sites. If you¿ve changed
your mind about a book that you¿ve ordered, please use the Ask bookseller a question link to contact us
and we¿ll respond within 2 business days.
Books ship from California and Michigan.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, Illinois, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. All books within the US ship free of charge. Delivery is 4-14 business days anywhere in the United States.
Books ship from California and Michigan.
If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.