TSPSMLeading a Development Team

Preface

In the fifty-plus years since I started doing development work, I have worked on, led, managed, directed, assessed, or coached literally hundreds of creative development teams. While I have drawn many lessons and guidelines from this experience, the one clearest message is that leadership makes the greatest difference. Without exception, truly creative work is done by teams with very capable leaders. What is most interesting, however, is that these great leaders are generally ordinary developers like you and me, but when thrust into a leadership position, they do an outstanding job.

What is equally interesting is the converse. When development projects fail, it is almost always because of poor leadership. In this book, I describe the ...