ASQ 2007 Crosby MEDAL WINNERS! An Integrated Technology for Delivering Better Software!? Cheaper and Faster This book presents an integrated technology, Design for Trustworthy Software (DFTS), to address software quality issues upstream such that the goal of software quality becomes that to prevent bugs in implementation rather than finding and eliminating them during and after implementation. Encouragement of this technology is that the spread of the main qualities occur before a single line of code is written! Customer-oriented integrated technology can help deliver breakthrough results in cost, quality and delivery schedule thus meeting and exceeding customer expectations. They present illustrative case studies covering various aspects of DFTS technology including CoSQ, AHP, TRIZ, FMEA, QFD, and Taguchi Methods and provide enough questions and exercises to test the readers understanding of the material in addition to detailed examples of technology application. This book can be used to provide organization-wide learning including training for DFTS Black Belts and Master Black Belt. It helps you get control quickly, so you can deploy DFTS Technology quickly and successfully. Learn how ? Adapting the best practices of quality, leadership, learning, and management for software development environment that uniquely ? Prepare your leadership and infrastructure for DFTS Design for Trustworthy Software will help you improve quality whether you develop in-house, outsourcing, consulting, or providing support. It offers breakthrough solutions for the entire spectrum of professional and quality software? From developers to project leaders, chief software architect to the customer. American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world's leading authority on quality which provides the community that advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and create better workplaces and communities worldwide. The Crosby Medal is presented to individuals who has authored a distinguished book contributing significantly to the extension of the philosophy and application of the principles, methods, or techniques of quality management. Bijay K. Dr.