Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
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 commonsense 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 humor and wisdom, and there is a refreshing absence of “new age” terms and multistep programs. The advice is presented straightforwardly and ranges from simple issues of prioritization 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.

Book Info
Demarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. Their answers aren’t easy–just incredibly successful. New second edition features eight all-new chapters. Softcover. Previous edition: c1987. DLC: Management.

My opinion: One of the best books I read about project management and, most importantly, team management. In the software industry world, where people are the most important asset, any manager needs to read this book - how to protect your team from failure, how to keep your people happy, how to bind a team, give them rewards, give them meaning, give them a suitable working environment. Be warned - if you don’t read this book and don’t follow its advice, your people will quit.