Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success

Preface

Books such as Tom Demarco and Tim Lister’s Peopleware and Fred Brooks’s Mythical Man-Month are timeless. This is both because the advice provided is practical and because this advice is still rarely adopted. We all read these calls to action and imagine a better work environment, and then we lament that our managers aren’t taking charge of change.

Tagging along for the ride is easy, but to be effective you need to be an active, proactive, and intentional team member. We must each take active responsibility for making things happen, for committing to and fostering a healthy environment in which great products can be built.

This is a book for everyone involved in software development, not just the managers or anointed change agents who ...