Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

Few books on computers have had such a noticeable impact on software development management, such as the HUMAN FACTOR. The unique insight of this book, which for many years has maintained its position in the bestseller list: the most complex problems of software development are not technological, but social in nature. These human problems are not easy to solve, however, by solving them, you will increase the chances of success to the upper limit. In the third edition, six new chapters appeared and numerous changes were made to the main text, so now the book better matches modern development environments and modern problems. In particular, leadership pathologies that were previously not considered pathologies, the evolving culture of assembly, and the growing understanding that some of our tools serve as anchors rather than engines are discussed. Everyone who needs to manage a software development project or an entire organization of this kind will find many valuable tips on the pages of this book.