Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

Two of the computer industry's best-selling authors and lecturers return with a new edition of the software management book that started a revolution.With humor and wisdom drawn from years of management and consulting experience, DeMarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of software development are human, not technical -- and that managers ignore them at their peril.Now, with a new Preface and eight new chapters, the authors enlarge upon their previous ideas and add fresh insights, examples, and anecdotes.Discover dozens of helpful tips on- putting more quality into a product- loosening up formal methodologies- fighting corporate entropy- making it acceptable to be uninterruptiblePeopleware, 2nd ed. shows you how to cultivate teams that are healthy and productive. The answers aren't easy -- just incredibly successful.