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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams 3rd Edition, Kindle Edition
Few books in computing have had as profound an influence on software management as Peopleware. The unique insight of this longtime best seller is that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your chances of success.
“Peopleware has long been one of my two favorite books on software engineering. Its underlying strength is its base of immense real experience, much of it quantified. Many, many varied projects have been reflected on and distilled; but what we are given is not just lifeless distillate, but vivid examples from which we share the authors’ inductions. Their premise is right: most software project problems are sociological, not technological. The insights on team jelling and work environment have changed my thinking and teaching. The third edition adds strength to strength.”
— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., Kenan Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Author of The Mythical Man-Month and The Design of Design
“Peopleware is the one book that everyone who runs a software team needs to read and reread once a year. In the quarter century since the first edition appeared, it has become more important, not less, to think about the social and human issues in software develop¿ment. This is the only way we’re going to make more humane, productive workplaces. Buy it, read it, and keep a stock on hand in the office supply closet.”
—Joel Spolsky, Co-founder, Stack Overflow
“When a book about a field as volatile as software design and use extends to a third edition, you can be sure that the authors write of deep principle, of the fundamental causes for what we readers experience, and not of the surface that everyone recognizes. And to bring people, actual human beings, into the mix! How excellent. How rare. The authors have made this third edition, with its additions, entirely terrific.”
—Lee Devin and Rob Austin, Co-authors of The Soul of Design and Artful Making
For this third edition, the authors have added six new chapters and updated the text throughout, bringing it in line with today’s development environments and challenges. For example, the book now discusses pathologies of leadership that hadn’t previously been judged to be pathological; an evolving culture of meetings; hybrid teams made up of people from seemingly incompatible generations; and a growing awareness that some of our most common tools are more like anchors than propellers. Anyone who needs to manage a software project or software organization will find invaluable advice throughout the book.
- ISBN-13978-0321934116
- Edition3rd
- PublisherAddison-Wesley Professional
- Publication dateJuly 15, 2013
- LanguageEnglish
- File size2693 KB
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Part I - Managing the Human ResourceInvestigate a very different way of thinking about and managing people. That way involves specific accommodation to the very nonmodular character of the human resource. |
Part II - The Office EnvironmentDiscover some of the causes of lost time and propose measures that you can take to create a healthy, work-conducive environment. |
Part III - The Right PeopleUndo the damage of the manager-as-strategist view, and replace it with an approach that encourages success. |
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Part IV - Growing Productive TeamsExplore the concept of the successfully bonded team and things you can do to help such teams happen. |
Part V - Fertile SoilWhile factors at the organizational level might be beyond your ability to control, they’re still worth considering. |
Part VI - It’s Supposed to Be Fun to Work HereAllowing for adventure, silliness, and small amounts of constructive disorder, getting out of the way, banding together for change. |
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About the Author
Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister are principals of the Atlantic Systems Guild (www.systemsguild.com), a consulting firm specializing in the complex processes of system building, with particular emphasis on the human dimension. Together, they have lectured, written, and consulted internationally since 1979 on management, estimating, productivity, and corporate culture.
Tom DeMarco is the author or coauthor of nine books on subjects ranging from development methods to organizational function and dysfunction, as well as two novels and a book of short stories. His consulting practice focuses primarily on expert witness work, balanced against the occasional project and team consulting assignment. Currently enjoying his third year teaching ethics at the University of Maine, he lives in nearby Camden.
Timothy Lister divides his time among consulting, teaching, and writing. Based in Manhattan, Tim is coauthor, with Tom, of Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects (Dorset House Publishing Co., Inc., 2003), and of Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior (Dorset House Publishing Co., Inc., 2008), written with four other principals of the Atlantic Systems Guild. He is a member of the IEEE, the ACM, and the Cutter IT Trends Council, and is a Cutter Fellow.
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- ASIN : B00DY5A8X2
- Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional; 3rd edition (July 15, 2013)
- Publication date : July 15, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 2693 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 354 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #565,141 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #354 in Software Development (Kindle Store)
- #440 in Business Teams
- #477 in Computers & Technology (Kindle Store)
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Tom DeMarco is the author of sixteen published books, including five novels, a collection of short stories, and the rest books about systems technology and the sociology of the workplace.
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The authors have written “Peopleware” basing on their vast consulting experience for software firms, as well as their experiments and survey-based research. The book’s title signifies the importance of employees; the prevalent message is that most of problems in software projects are not related to technology, but relations between people. Bad atmosphere, working overtime, context switching - these are much more likely to make a project miss its deadline than tools and technologies used by the team. A considerable portion of text is focusing on bad practices, found in many corporations and oftentimes excused as “necessary evil” or “politics”. Chapters are short, with examples from many companies (negative stories are anonymous). In its form, the book is a series of meaningful essays, written in informal, humorous way.
It is absolutely worth mentioning, that this title is *not* about methodologies of project management, nor project performance or software tools. They are downplayed on purpose; in industries which demand creativity, people are most important. As the authors are focused on human aspects (thinking, emotions, psychology, interactions), “Peopleware” will always be relevant. The first edition was published in 1987, I am confident that it did not require much revision since then.
My favourite chapter is on team creation - there is no golden rule which guarantees that a team will perform better than sum of its parts, however there are numerous surefire ways to make it perform worse. The positive examples are revolving around motivated people, aligned with general goals of their companies, then let loose on finding solutions on their own. Managers are supposed to be obstacle removers, not dictators.
If companies were adhering to postulated recommendations, many, many people would be able to say that their work is pleasure. Please read it, then put it on your manager’s desk :)
There are many books on management, leadership and social dynamics. I've a few. I know people who have read a lot more. This book cuts across topics discussed in multiple books in much shorter language. This book also ties together topics that other books do not. I, personally, found it easier to read everything from one book quickly rather than figure it out from matching up several ones.
Fast read. Well written. Gets to the point. Has a very modern philosophy on teams.
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HOWEVER the authors of this book focus primarily on one style of project work, that being working on teams. In fact they focus almost exclusively on a concept I know as "self-directed teams."
Other ways groups of people can work together is rarely discussed.
Also some of the recommendations will likely not be possible to implement depending on your position in the company. For example, a team manager may not have a say on who is welcome on his/her team. If someone is not working out, he/she may not have the option of getting rid of that person. Also, people who very obviously should not belong on the same team may be forced into that work arrangement despite everyone's protests. HR may do that. It's nice to read that that team won't work, but ... everyone knew that already.
On the one hand, it is extremely thought-provoking, and if nothing else I'm convinced that it has rightly identified several important aspects of the modern technology corporation that managers might be able to influence and should certainly be mindful of. I also appreciate the moral argument that it makes, that a good (and successful) manager needs to protect the psychological and sociological well-being against his or her own ego (and the egos of those above).
At times I thought the authors were a bit simplistic in their caricatures of the corporate villains, and I don't believe for a second that they gave a fair treatment to both sides of any particular corporate policy they consider, but then again that's not really important so much as the overarching moral framework the authors depict.
This is the first book I read on this subject as a newly minutes manager and I'm glad it was.
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In conclusion, the book is excellent and in the very least it excels even at providing a mental escape route for those of us who feel the burden of all the crazy hurdles that modern corporate world throws at us with the aim of making us more productive. It is also a book which will make you think and analyse your own standing. Highly recommended.
It is a must read.