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winter_blue · 2017-02-04 17:26:33+00:00

Peopleware — Productive Projects and Teams

https://amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Tom-DeMarc...

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pdiddy | karma 75 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2015-04-28 18:06:19

Are you familiar with the book Peopleware? If not, check it out.

http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Second-...

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mooreds | karma 71202 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2015-04-14 02:56:12+00:00

Peopleware is a great book about this very concept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Projects...

A book from 1987!

Nothing new under the sun.

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kintro | karma 2 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2008-03-12 18:33:26+00:00

Peopleware by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister

Build to Last by James C. Collins , Jerry I. Porras

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lyricalpolymath | karma 14 | avg karma 0.61 · | 2012-11-15 18:17:05+00:00

Does anyone know to what kind of books or reference is the author talking about when talking about the "15 years of free literature on how to run large-scale online projects"

I've seen in the comments that damian2000 (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4781706) has suggested "Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams" by DeMarco & Lister.

any other suggestions?

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playing_colours | karma 879 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2014-05-16 17:42:07

"Peopleware" http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Second-... , a lot of insights and ideas how to build great teams. Great to read for developers, team leads and managers.

"The art of multiprocessor programming", excellent book on parallel programming theory with code explanations: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0123705916?ie=UTF8&tag=nirs...

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nhumrich | karma 1408 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2020-07-07 16:15:36+00:00

Two absolute must reads:

Peopleware

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software

Both are scientifical approaches to what makes effective teams.

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throwmeaway32 | karma 55 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2017-09-30 07:02:57+00:00

Goodreads:-

'Debugging Teams' - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920042372.do

'Managing Humans' - https://www.amazon.ca/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-Engi...

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dasmoth | karma 2507 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2017-06-02 19:56:00+00:00

I think you could argue in favour of Peopleware as the "practical" complement for MMM.

Although I'd be curious to hear of any recent books that hit the level of these two.

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bsnape | karma 35 | avg karma 3.18 · | 2014-12-08 15:51:44+00:00

The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

http://www.amazon.com/The-Phoenix-Project-Helping-Business-e...

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rcarr | karma 2821 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2023-02-20 20:57:32

This is always a good read:

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/project-management-at-big...

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vl | karma 3702 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2022-12-04 13:33:25

Peopleware and Mythical Man-Month are fundamental to understanding larger software projects and teams.

They often state obvious things, but I didn’t guess them myself.

Mythical Man-Month also provides important historical perspective.

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TruffleLabs | karma 390 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2022-12-04 11:36:04

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Frederick P. Brooks * still relevant re: people are the key to getting things done; understand how people work together.

https://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780201006506

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rahimnathwani | karma 13100 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2019-12-05 16:01:17

FYI the most recent edition of the book has a new title 'Debugging Teams: Better Productivity through Collaboration'.

breck | karma 16646 | avg karma 2.92 · | 2019-08-29 19:24:28

If you liked this, years ago Fred Brooks recommended these books to me:

- DeMarco & Lister Peopleware

- 2007. Software engineering: Barry Boehm's lifetime contributions to software development, management and research. Ed. by Richard Selby.

- Hoffman, Daniel M.; Weiss David M. (Eds.): Software Fundamentals – Collected Papers by David L. Parnas, 2001, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-70369-6.

- And his: The Design of Design. Start with Part II.

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heymijo | karma 2735 | avg karma 5.46 · | 2020-03-31 14:30:20

> (like "The Goal"...These last two books are classics dealing with physical production.

The Phoenix Project is a 2013 IT/DevOps version of The Goal [0]. It's an easy read that would be a complementary follow up to The Goal. It would help in understanding principles from The Goal outside of physical production.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17255186-the-phoenix-pro...

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