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“One of the classic books on software management. The book provides a good summary of good management practices.”
Vladimir wrote this review Thursday, August 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is an excellent book. The authors are the definitive people when it comes to research for the Software Development industry and they have brought out their personal experiences and data gathered to help explain managers how they should go about their business.
Faisal Mehmood wrote this review Monday, August 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This should be a *required* reading for anyone who calls themselves and team lead, manager, supervisor, cto, vp .... or even just a software engineer. ”
“Finally, after a good deal of months, I’ve been able to read another book; PeopleWare is a book by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister on how organization affects team productivity. This book is especially targeted to software developers but its theories can as well fit for all intellective jobs. Topics covered by the book regard:
Baldo wrote this review Sunday, August 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Work environment: how bad structured environment (one among all, the open space!), noise, interruptions and time fragmentation impact on work flow and, as a consequence, on efficiency
Overtime: as an abused method, adopted as a normal practice, to complete projects under unrealistic time-constraints. This affects worker’s life-balance, increase turnover rate and lower product quality
Methodology and Standards: as a top-down policy which impose to workers adopting practices whose effectiveness hasn’t been proven and which load the execution with tons of paper job (I suggest the part dedicated to CMMI)
To roughly summarize, PW sustain that managers should enable the people to work instead of making them. This is an interesting idea which means also that managers should trust his subordinates also by letting them do mistakes (who doesn’t?).
Suggested book, pleasant to read and with a viewpoint on work which I agree. To be fair it should be paired with a book advocating the opposite theory (rigid boss-subordinates organization, standards-and-methodologies, etc…).”
“A fantastic book - essential reading for everyone in the ICT industry”
James K wrote this review Wednesday, July 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is one of the most amazing book, I admire”
sri_vasala wrote this review Monday, March 17 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I have started reading it. It is true and good.”
KomalJoshi wrote this review Monday, December 10 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It's all true and everyone knows it's true ... so why do most companies still build cubicle farms?”
Chris wrote this review Monday, November 5 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is a must read for anyone managing software projects, though it's relevant to other sectors as well. A great PM book that you'll also find referenced in a ton of other PM, Management and development books. Read it - you're missing out!”
Raven wrote this review Wednesday, August 29 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Everything you want to hear when working in cubeland.”
crambosauce wrote this review Sunday, August 26 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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