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Peopleware asserts that most software development projects fail because of failures within the team running them. This strikingly clear, direct book is written for software development team leaders and managers, but it's filled with enough common-sense wisdom to appeal to anyone working in technology. Authors Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister include plenty of illustrative, often amusing anecdotes; their writing is light, conversational, and filled with equal portions of humour and wisdom, and there is a refreshing absence of "new age" terms and multi-step programmes. The advice is presented straightforwardly and ranges from simple issues of prioritisation to complex ways of engendering harmony and productivity in your team. Peopleware is a short read that delivers more than many books on the subject twice its size. --Jake Bond
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Two of the computer industry's best-selling authors and lecturers return with a new edition of the software management book that started a revolution.
With humor and wisdom drawn from years of management and consulting experience, DeMarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of software development are human, not technical -- and that managers ignore them at their peril.
Now, with a new Preface and eight new chapters, the authors enlarge upon their previous ideas and add fresh insights, examples, and anecdotes.
Discover dozens of helpful tips on
- putting more quality into a product
- loosening up formal methodologies
- fighting corporate entropy
- making it acceptable to be uninterruptible
Peopleware, 2nd ed. shows you how to cultivate teams that are healthy and productive. The answers aren't easy -- just incredibly successful.
With humor and wisdom drawn from years of management and consulting experience, DeMarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of software development are human, not technical -- and that managers ignore them at their peril.
Now, with a new Preface and eight new chapters, the authors enlarge upon their previous ideas and add fresh insights, examples, and anecdotes.
Discover dozens of helpful tips on
- putting more quality into a product
- loosening up formal methodologies
- fighting corporate entropy
- making it acceptable to be uninterruptible
Peopleware, 2nd ed. shows you how to cultivate teams that are healthy and productive. The answers aren't easy -- just incredibly successful.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm glad that I read this book when I was promoted to a Project Manager. It is full of "anti-intuitive" ideas about managing technical people and projects some of which I have even managed to use occasionally over the last year and a half. I have certainly fallen into some of the traps that this book warns against (putting short timescales before quality, not trusting people to utilise their time properly, too many interruptions, etc, etc). But if I hadn't read this book back when I was promoted, I probably would have made far more mistakes!
The ideas for successful technical project and line management in this book are backed up by statistical data. The basic ideas underlying the whole book is that "people matter" and "people can be trusted". If you put the project before people too much then productivity will go down, people will leave or stress out, and basically office morale is not helped. If you leave people to do the work themselves as much as possible, they will do a good job. And if you micro-manage them too much you will under-utilise them and lower morale.
Overall the ideas in this book have helped me in my job, and I hope to learn how to implement more and more of them as time goes on.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You'll find out who the catalyst is (and value that role), reappraise your office environment (but the game is lost here, cubicle fever is cronic and the tide won't be turned), understand why gelled teams disband (and why this is a good thing), gain some insight to nudging teams to "gell", understand when the manager should be part of and apart from the team (its a lonely job in the middle). A bit dated and the upgrade to 2nd Edition shows through the cracks, but its an excellent foundation primer for people managers where the output is the product of creative processes. Some considerable attempt is made to make the subject generic to people based "creation" businesses e.g. Legal, industrial design; but the real focus is software development, and I feel that the scope should have been limited to software.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's occasionally interesting to read this sort of manual from the viewpoint of a managee; as opposed to a manager; what's frightening is to see confirmed all those home truths that you as a team member are aware of, but which your manager appears to be totally oblivious of. There are several important lessons in this book; and pretty much every one appears to have been overlooked by my manager; indeed, I'm beginning to suspect that he has read this book and has decided to do test its theories by doing every single thing that shouldn't be done.
This book is a little on the old side now, but that really shouldn't put you off since its basic tenets are as relevant today as shiny shoes and clean teeth; you'll feel better for having it on your side; my only criticism is that despite its serious intent, it does occasionally come across as a bit serious, when that might not be absolutely necessary. There are also a lot of facts and figures, which whilst somewhat inevitable, since they are designed to support the various conclusions that the book makes, do make for occasional swimming through treacle moments. All the same, this is an important book for tech managers, although I doubt there are too many that will take it on board, since it involves a deal less managing than they might like.
This book is a little on the old side now, but that really shouldn't put you off since its basic tenets are as relevant today as shiny shoes and clean teeth; you'll feel better for having it on your side; my only criticism is that despite its serious intent, it does occasionally come across as a bit serious, when that might not be absolutely necessary. There are also a lot of facts and figures, which whilst somewhat inevitable, since they are designed to support the various conclusions that the book makes, do make for occasional swimming through treacle moments. All the same, this is an important book for tech managers, although I doubt there are too many that will take it on board, since it involves a deal less managing than they might like.
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Timeless classic
It's now over twenty years since the publication of the first edition of Peopleware, deservedly one of the most popular books to consider the human side of software development. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Marcus Price
Management 2.0
I have been working for more than 10 years as a software engineer and I agree with most of the information and suggestions provided in the book. Read more
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Published 11 months ago by Imre Lendak
A must for any decent manager or frustrated employee!
Although written some 22 years ago, this book is as relevant today as it was then. This book dispels so many management myths and highlights the bad practices so widely excepted... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr S Sheridan
Frightening...
...but so true. So readable and very practical. I do not agree that it's dated. You can even use the book to beat your manager about the head.
Published 14 months ago by Josh
I loved this book - but be careful
A great book - highly readable. Definitely worth buying if you're in any sort of management or if you want to know what to look out for from a great (or terrible!) company. Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2008 by Al
Peopleoriented view of project management and software development
Since this book focuses on people it does not matter that it is ancient in Internet time. It was short of revolutionary when it was published and it still remains as an extremly... Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2008 by Rolf Häsänen
Classic text for software manager
This is a must read for anyone wishing to understand why software development is not always as successful as it should be. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2008 by Dr. Andrew Brown
A classic that is worth of more than this one costs
This book truly should belong to every computer professionals shelf. After all all problems are at the end people problems and people doing computer stuff has at least reputation... Read more
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