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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister
Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.
Category: Book
Buy New: £34.95
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 108905
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Pages: 245
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0932633439
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.314
EAN: 9780932633439
ASIN: 0932633439
Publication Date: February 28, 1999
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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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Classic text for software manager January 9, 2008
Dr. Andrew Brown (Bucks, England)
This is a must read for anyone wishing to understand why software development is not always as successful as it should be. The list of references is also a useful source of further reading.
You should, however, be prepared to be rather depressed when you realise how little of the book's advice you are currently following and how unlikely it is that your employer will agree to implement anything from the book.
A classic that is worth of more than this one costs April 4, 2007
Kerola Sami (Finland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 of not being good with people.
If you are team leader or boss of any kind buying this book really can help you see what could done to make your team or organization better place to work. If you are just ordinary worker after reading this one you might understand why it sucks to go work at morning.
I wish that all managers would read this book September 3, 2005
Ethann Castell (Brisbane, Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fantastic book about the people side of software development. The ideas in this book, and the typical corporate environment, are worlds apart. My experience has been that managers either don't know this stuff, or if they do know it, then they feel that they would just have to go out on too much of a limb to implement these ideas. This is a shame because most for the concepts in this book are the very things that enable software developers to thrive. One of the main ideas that resonated with me was the idea of giving developers enough private space. I have never been a fan of open plan office space. I think that it works well for some professions, but not all, and certainly not for software developers. Legend has it that Microsoft lets each developer have their own office which they can furnish as they please. One programmer is supposed to have brought in bucket-loads of sand to make his office into a beach ! If you are a Manager then read this book and implement as much as you can. Otherwise buy a copy and leave it on your Managers desk.
Inspirational March 26, 2004
J. B. Gwatkin-williams (London, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Computer books are supposed to be dry, informative, occasionally entertaining if you're lucky - but they aren't supposed to be inspirational! And yet that's just what this book is - I picked it up and literally couldn't put it down. As a managee I'd just love to have my managers read it. If you're a manager you should definitely read it unless you only aspire to be a pointy-haired boss!
 More "managers" need to read this. February 10, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
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