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Review of Managing Humans

Managing Humans Michael Lopp Apress, 2007 Michael Lopp (also known as Rands) describes his take on managing software people. This book is very different from the few other management books I’ve read. Part of the difference is that Lopp writes all of his examples as fiction. He admits this at the beginning. Rather than tell… Read More »

Review of Waltzing with Bears

Waltzing with Bears Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister Dorset House Publishing, 2003 The authors of Peopleware are back to tackle the topic of risk management. Given their earlier works, you would expect DeMarco and Lister to provide good insights into the topic and clear explanations. In that, you will not be disappointed with this book.… Read More »

Kinds of Problems

Of all of the lessons I have learned doing software development, one of the most important was to recognize what kind of problem I’m trying to solve. This sounds pretty trivial, but I’m not talking about the categorization you are probably thinking of. As software professionals, we tend to look at all problems as solvable.… Read More »