People Ware Book List

Peopleware Books (part of the Wiki BookList)

People and Computers

• TeamThink, Ava S. Butler gives 72 ways to make good, smart, quick decisions in a meeting
• PeopleWare, by DeMarco and Lister -- the classic
• WisdomOfTeams by by Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith
• JourneyOftheSoftwareProfessional, LukeHohmann
• ThePracticalCogitator
• HowSoftwareSystemsLearn, D'NarbTrawets?
• ThePsychologyOfComputerProgramming, GeraldWeinberg
• The QualitySoftwareManagement series, GeraldWeinberg
• The SecretsOfConsulting, GeraldWeinberg. How to influence organizations; how to survive as a consultant.
• DeathMarch, Edward Yourdon. Bad software projects: why they happen, when to leave, and how to survive if you can't leave.
• TheArtOfWare: Sun Tzu's Classic work reinterpreted for software, BruceWebster?
• ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance; RobertPirsig
• TheSoulOfNewMachine?; Tracy Kidder explores what it is to be an engineer, and how engineering teams operate. I've found a lot of correlation between the organizational patterns and antipatterns on these pages to what goes on in the pages of this book. For instance, CompetitiveDevelopment in the building of a simulator, and in the designing of the computer itself.
• HandbookOfTeamDesign, Peter H. Jones
• CloseToTheMachine: Technophilia and Its Discontents, Ellen Ullman
• ShowStopper; The inside story of the development of NT
• ManagingSensitiveProjects, d'Herbement and C�sar
• NoMoreTeams, Michael Schrage
• SlavesOfTheMachine and MothsToTheFlame, Gregory Rawlins
• GettingItDone?, Roger Fisher and Alan Sharp. Book on how to solve problems, especially when you're not in charge. In line with ExtremeProgramming ideas but applicable to all situations.
• CreatingaSoftwareEngineeringCulture, KarlWeigers?. Interesting to contrast with ExtremeProgrammingExplainedEmbraceChange - is there any?
• ManagingTechnicalPeople
• DynamicsOfSoftwareDevelopment - Motivation and communication advice aimed at larger teams. Slanted toward off-the-shelf or internal software development in some cases.

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