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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams is a 1987 book on the social side of software development, specifically managing project teams. It was written by software consultants Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister , from their experience in the world of software development.
Pearson's Weekly was a British weekly periodical founded in London in 1890 by Arthur Pearson, who had previously worked on Tit-Bits for George Newnes. The first issue was well advertised and sold a quarter of a million copies. The paper's stated aim was "To Interest, to Elevate and to Amuse". [1]
Peopleware can refer to anything that has to do with the role of people in the development or use of computer software and hardware systems, including such issues as developer productivity, teamwork, group dynamics, the psychology of programming, project management, organizational factors, human interface design and human–machine interaction. [1]
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams with co-author Tim Lister, Addison-Wesley Professional; 3 edition (July 1, 2013) [7]; Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency Random House, Broadway Books Division, 2001.
Tim Lister. Tim Lister (born 1949) is an American software engineer and author with specialty in design, software risk management, and human aspects of technological work. He is a Principal of The Atlantic Systems Guild Inc. and a fellow of the Cutter Consortium. [1]
Pearson's Magazine was a monthly periodical that first appeared in Britain in 1896. A US version began publication in 1899. A US version began publication in 1899. It specialised in speculative literature, political discussion, often of a socialist bent, and the arts.
Library Genesis (shortened to LibGen) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic and general-interest books, images, comics, audiobooks, and magazines.
Brooks discusses several causes of scheduling failures. The most enduring is his discussion of Brooks's law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. Man-month is a hypothetical unit of work representing the work done by one person in one month; Brooks's law says that the possibility of measuring useful work in man-months is a myth, and is hence the centerpiece of the book.