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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams 2nd Edition

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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.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dorset House; 2nd edition (February 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 245 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0932633439
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0932633439
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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Customers find the book excellent, solidly packed with practical and useful advice. They also say it's very applicable even today, with great insights and statistical evidence. Readers also describe the writing style as thoughtful, well-written, and easy to follow.

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Customers find the book excellent, full of common sense, and an enjoyable read. They also say it's worth it and a good book on software management.

"...anecdotes based on the author's own experiences, and is solidly packed with practical and useful advice...." Read more

"...At the same time, the advice is solid and they often provide data to back up their assertions...." Read more

"...are some strong areas of the book that are worth reading by all software industry professionals...." Read more

"...and many more.Excellent advise, best insight into the organizations, classic work area facts in simple plain English." Read more

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Customers find the book wonderful, insightful, and helpful for giving form to ideals. They say it's relevant today, with witty and accurate information. They also appreciate the no-nonsense writing, statistical evidence, and humorous anecdotes.

"...easy read - not too long, clearly and engagingly written, relies on well-told anecdotes based on the author's own experiences, and is solidly packed..." Read more

"...This book helps give form to the ideals and specific guidance to get there. It is well recommended to everyone who manages software projects." Read more

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"...and many more.Excellent advise, best insight into the organizations, classic work area facts in simple plain English." Read more

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Customers find the writing style thoughtful, well-written, and easy to read. They also say the themes are well presented and the authors are careful not to overuse jargon.

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Customers find the humor in the book easy to follow and often funny.

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Allen Vander Meulen
5.0 out of 5 stars Better the second time around!
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2006
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I read the first edition of this book about 10 years ago, and recently purchased and read this second edition. The book is a real eye-opener, exploding many myths about what it takes to make a team successful.

"Peopleware" is a classic work in its field, and is an easy read - not too long, clearly and engagingly written, relies on well-told anecdotes based on the author's own experiences, and is solidly packed with practical and useful advice. Tables, facts and charts supporting the book's themes are well presented, and the authors are careful to not go beyond what the facts support.

In the second edition, a sixth section, "Son of Peopleware", was added, consisting of 8 new chapters of material expanding on the original edition in light of what the authors have learned in the years since.

The central theme of this book is that teams are not machines, but are composed of people: the human element must always be considered, if not highly valued, to maximize not only your team's productivity and individual team-member job satisfaction (as well as your own), but to maximize your team's value to the organization as a whole. That the title starts with "Peopleware" is no mistake.

Anyone who manages teams in a business environment, regardless of the industry they are in, should read this book.

Hats off to Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister: great job!
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Christopher R. Travers
5.0 out of 5 stars Important Read For Contrarian Reasons
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2008
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Much of this book is spent explaining what should be obvious to the best managers, but which corporate culture and priorities tend to work against. In general, the book looks more at typical mistakes than at recipes for success. At the same time, the advice is solid and they often provide data to back up their assertions.

If I was a manager at a typical and mediocre corporation, I would not recommend this book too much-- it is hell fighting against corporate culture. However if you work for the best or you are starting a business and want to be the best, this book is extremely important. (If you are a manager working at a mediocre corporation, start your own business or get hired by a better company after you read this book!)

The main premise of the book is that people matter more than management or technology. Any business leader worth his salt knows these two points, yet most managers or leaders ignore them. This book helps give form to the ideals and specific guidance to get there. It is well recommended to everyone who manages software projects.
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Erik Gfesser
4.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat disappointing but still worth a read
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2007
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Providing an overall rating for this book was extremely difficult, and writing this book review was not an easy task. This difficulty is due to the nature of "Peopleware". This DeMarco work enjoys what appears to be a solid 5-star rating, and to some degree this is a very reasonable collective assessment. Without discussing at length all of the reasons I think this book should instead be assigned less than 5-stars, I think my reasons fall into two categories: (1) the original work was penned in 1987, and due to the industry pervasiveness of many of the ideas presented by the authors, a lot of the material can no longer be considered extraordinary, and (2) the cohesiveness of each chapter and the flow from chapter to chapter is less than optimal - in other words, it is a bit choppy. Now I realize that there exist many in the software industry that can gain great strides in their respective workplaces by reading this book and understanding how best to apply the provided advice, which is why I give this work 4-stars rather than 3-stars, but I must say that I was just disappointed by all the hype about this book, from a year-2007 perspective. And simple math obviously will conclude that 20 years have passed since the original publication. The 8 new chapters added by the authors in 1999 really do not communicate many ground-shaking ideas. In my opinion, Chapter 33 is the only one of these new chapters that personally provided me any insight. And the premise of this lone chapter is simply that "the ultimate management sin is wasting people's time". The simplistic line graphs that accompany this chapter provide some substance to the discussion about project staffing, but again this chapter still seems to be geared toward individuals who do not bother to keep up with the insight shared in industry periodicals. Despite all of these drawbacks, however, there are some strong areas of the book that are worth reading by all software industry professionals. These strong areas are more comparable to the content of timeless classics like "The Mythical Man Month", "Waltzing with Bears" (also by DeMarco and Lister), or "Death March" (see my reviews for all of these books), and are worth reading even if just to provide discussion starters within your organization. These chapters include "Vienna Waits for You" on working smarter and project deadline pressures, "Quality-if Time Permits" where the authors state that "Quality, far beyond that required by the end user, is a means to higher productivity", "Parkinson's Law Revisited" on estimations and productivity, "You Never Get Anything Done Around Here Between 9 and 5", "Brain Time Versus Body Time" on understanding the work day of a technology worker, "The Self-Healing System" on process, and "Teamicide" and "Open Kimono" on team jell. Realize that there are 34 chapters in this book. The bottom line is that this book on productive projects and teams, targeted at a software industry audience - although perhaps not overly impressive from a holistic perspective - is still heartily recommended.
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Fernando Bernardino
5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal and timeless analysis on human psychology applied to Software Development
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2018
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It is simply phenomenal. Impressive how the authors were able to do a clear analysis on a fuzzy subject as people on software development. The first edition was written decades ago and yet many companies do the same mistakes over and over again. We are the weakest link in Software Development.
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Chris R
5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate and enlightening
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2013
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I bought this on a whim and I'm glad I did. The book advocates giving knowledge workers space and quiet to allow the to focus. Their points completely agrees with my own experience.
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Vanclei Picolli
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2020
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Imre Lendak
5.0 out of 5 stars A lot of XP in a short book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2011
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The authors explain why are the people the most important ingredients of healthy organizations. All (software) managers and wannabe managers should read this. Maybe even before the Mythical man-month...
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Josh
5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2011
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...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.
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