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The Peopleware Papers: Notes on the Human Side of Programming (Yourdon Press computing series) (Paperback)

by Larry L. Constantine (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd ed. edition (23 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0130601233
  • ISBN-13: 978-0130601230
  • Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.9 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 413,350 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When it comes to the human side of software, nobody speaks with as much insight as Larry Constantine: developers and managers worldwide recognize his Constantine on Peopleware as the classic in the field. In The Peopleware Papers, Constantine thoroughly updates all 52 of the legendary columns in that book, and adds 25 new essays published for the first time in book form. These 77 essays offer powerful guidance on virtually every software development challenge in the "no-man's land" where technical and social issues blur, psychology meets cybernetics, and theory and practice intersect. Constantine's range is extraordinary: project management, group development, discipline vs. chaos, tools, models, methods, processes, personalities, usability, and beyond. The Peopleware Papers includes two completely new sections: one on organizational culture, and another on making software objects more usable -- including Constantine's hard-to-find, breakthrough essays on usage-centered design. For every IT manager, executive, project team participant, and business consumer involved with software development.



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When it comes to the human side of software, nobody speaks with as much insight as Larry Constantine: developers and managers worldwide recognize his Constantine on Peopleware as the classic in the field. In The Peopleware Papers, Constantine thoroughly updates all 52 of the legendary columns in that book, and adds 25 new essays published for the first time in book form.

These 77 essays offer powerful guidance on virtually every software development challenge in the "no-man's land" where technical and social issues blur, psychology meets cybernetics, and theory and practice intersect. Constantine's range is extraordinary: project management, group development, discipline vs. chaos, tools, models, methods, processes, personalities, usability, and beyond.

The Peopleware Papers includes two completely new sections: one on organizational culture, and another on making software objects more usable—including Constantine's hard-to-find, breakthrough essays on usage-centered design.



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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff!, 26 Jun 2002
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This is an immensely readable, informative and entertaining collection of essays.
It covers the aspects of software design and development that don't seem to fit into any predefined category. "Notes on the human side of software", the subtitle of this book, says it all. If like me you're studying software development and feel in need of something fresh to read, which is both thought provoking and stimulating without drowning you in code and theory, treat yourself to this one!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic - well worth the read, 5 Nov 2003
By Keith Appleyard "kapple999" (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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Fantastic : I wish I'd read these articles when they were originally published over the period 1992-1995.

There are 77 essays, which even today, 10 years after their original publication, have lost none of their relevance to those working in the field.

There was barely a single essay that I didn't get some benefit from reading, but I particularly liked the essays on.
- Cowboy Coders
- Collaboration
- All of Section 4, Tools, Models and Methods, which gives a number of very visionary essays on CASE
- Reuse
- Usable Objects
- Use Cases

I can't recommend the book enough; I'm certainly going to think twice before I lend it out to anyone, in case it never comes back!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking stuff: adds years of experience to your 'toolkit', 9 Jan 2008
By Mr. Iain Smith (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This book, though written some time ago, is a collection of essays (each a few pages long) which can be dipped into very easily. Some might describe the book as light - there's nothing overtly technical or clever about it. But it will appeal to those who like to reflect on what's going on in the software workplace and really provokes you into thinking about good and bad practice. If you're a busy busy busy person who likes everything cut-and-dried you'll probably not get so much out of it.

I loved it, because I am reflective and the writer has a conversational style so the prose and ideas just roll of the page. I think most software people will recognise the truth of the points it makes about stuff like documentation, teamwork, standards, workplace recognition etc., often brilliantly. And they perhaps even might be provoked into changing a few things about what/how they do.

I'd strongly recommend it, especially for those who are newish (less than 5 years) to software development. A lot of those writing software without a background in large scale professional software development would particularly benefit from its author's seasoned experiences and pithy insights. Definitely adds to the 'toolkit'!

I know of no other book like it, though some of the better contributors to software developers bloggers' sites come close on occasion. I'm only giving it four stars, however, because although I loved it I just lacked that final inch of evangelical zeal that would make me fume at someone who bought it and didn't like it!
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