- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 1 edition (28 Oct 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201545977
- ISBN-13: 978-0201545975
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.1 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 576,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Suppose you needed a new computer program. You would want your programmers to give this work high priority and to dedicate their energies to its success. Although no simple procedure can ensure that they do this, there are some methods that usually work...The key is to understand and respect them as professionals and to follow sound management principles. This knowledge and these principles are the subjects of this book." --from the Preface This book contains best-selling author Watts Humphrey's practical insights on how to lead technical professionals. In previous books, Humphrey established process as a key factor in successful software development. His advice on how companies and individuals could improve their software process has since been widely adopted. In this new book, he demonstrates the overriding importance of people to the success of any software project. He focuses particularly on the critical role of innovative people, and gives concrete advice on how to identify, motivate, and organize these people into highly productive teams.Drawing on experience as IBM's senior software-development executive, and expanding on an earlier work, Managing for Innovation, Humphrey presents here proven leadership practices and management techniques that can work in any organization. Given the software industry's dependence on creative human resources, managers will welcome his sound advice on the special challenges encountered in leading technical professionals, and on specific steps managers can take to encourage greater innovation while attaining yet higher levels of efficiency and quality. 0201545977B04062001
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"Suppose you needed a new computer program. You would want your programmers to give this work high priority and to dedicate their energies to its success. Although no simple procedure can ensure that they do this, there are some methods that usually work....The key is to understand and respect them as professionals and to follow sound management principles. This knowledge and these principles are the subjects of this book."
--from the Preface
This book contains best-selling author Watts Humphrey's practical insights on how to lead technical professionals. In previous books, Humphrey established process as a key factor in successful software development. His advice on how companies and individuals could improve their software process has since been widely adopted. In this new book, he demonstrates the overriding importance of people to the success of any software project. He focuses particularly on the critical role of innovative people, and gives concrete advice on how to identify, motivate, and organize these people into highly productive teams.
Drawing on experience as IBM's senior software-development executive, and expanding on an earlier work, Managing for Innovation, Humphrey presents here proven leadership practices and management techniques that can work in any organization. Given the software industry's dependence on creative human resources, managers will welcome his sound advice on the special challenges encountered in leading technical professionals, and on specific steps managers can take to encourage greater innovation while attaining yet higher levels of efficiency and quality.
0201545977B04062001
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think this book is outstanding. He has experience at Lab Director level in IBM, followed up by his work at the Software Engineering Institute. The book is a mix of bits and pieces that you will get anywhere - e.g. Theory X, Theory Y - but mixed in are some pieces of real wisdom that you will never see elsewhere. For me, it was the last sentences of the chapter on The Goals of Engineers and Scientists where he says "...professionals quickly discover that they must get the right assignments in order to make progress. This one fact explains why so many engineers and scientists move into management: to have more control over their destiny." I don't know whether this makes sense out of context, but it struck a chord so deeply with me that I now value this book very highly.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the best guide I have seen for people who need to manage professionals in a tehcnical or knowledge industry - particularly software. It helps you take a step back, understand the big picture and empathise with the team members. It is a structured set of explanations alternating with examples. The only criticism is the very American managerial approach of never accepting an impossible situation and just trying to mitigate problems.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are some useful tips that I will be applying. But there are parts of the book that lost my interest. Also the continuing reference to IBM examples meant that the it appeared in parts to be blinkered.
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