Partial Contents of

Peopleware:
Productive Projects and Teams,
2nd ed.

by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister

ISBN: 978-0-932633-43-9  
©1999  264 pages   softcover  
$33.95 (plus shipping)

Subject(s): Software Project Management, Team Management

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MANAGING THE HUMAN RESOURCE

Somewhere Today, a Project Is Failing
Make a Cheeseburger, Sell a Cheeseburger
Quality—If Time Permits
Laetrile

THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT

The Furniture Police
"You Never Get Anything Done Around Here Between 9 and 5"
Saving Money on Space
Bring Back the Door
Taking Umbrella Steps

THE RIGHT PEOPLE

Hiring a Juggler
Happy to Be Here
The Self-Healing System

GROWING PRODUCTIVE TEAMS

Teamicide
A Spaghetti Dinner
Open Kimono
Chemistry for Team Formation

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FUN TO WORK HERE

Free Electrons
Holgar Dansk

Introducing Part VI: Son of Peopleware

CHAPTER 27 Teamicide Revisited

Those Damn Posters and Plaques
Overtime: An Unanticipated Side Effect

CHAPTER 28 Competition

Consider an Analogy
Does it Matter? The Importance of Coaching
Teamicide Re-revisited
Mixing Metaphors

CHAPTER 29 Process Improvement Programs

A Short History
The Paradox of Process Improvement Programs
It's About the Benefit, Stupid
A New Indoor/Outdoor World Record
Process Improvement: Is It Turning Us to the Dark Side?
The Great Process Improvement Contradiction

CHAPTER 30 Making Change Possible

And Now, a Few Words From Another Famous Systems Consultant. . .
That's a Swell Idea, Boss. I'll Get Right On It.
Safety First

CHAPTER 31 Human Capital

How About People?
So Who Cares?
Assessing the Investment in Human Capital
What Is the Ramp-Up Time for an Experienced Worker?
Playing Up to Wall Street

CHAPTER 32 Organizational Learning

Experience and Learning
Redesign Example
The Key Question About Organizational Learning
The Management Team
Danger in the White Space

CHAPTER 33 The Ultimate Management Sin Is . . .

For Instance
Status Meetings Are About Status
Early Overstaffing
Fragmentation Again
Respecting Your Investment

CHAPTER 34 The Making of Community

Digression on Corporate Politics
Why It Matters
Pulling Off the Magic

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