The Peopleware Papers
Notes on the Human Side of Software
Published on 23. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-13-060123-0 (ISBN)
Description
When it comes to the human side of software, nobody speaks with as much insight as Larry Constantine: developers and managers worldwide recognize his Constantine on Peopleware as the classic in the field. In The Peopleware Papers, Constantine thoroughly updates all 52 of the legendary columns in that book, and adds 25 new essays published for the first time in book form. These 77 essays offer powerful guidance on virtually every software development challenge in the "no-man's land" where technical and social issues blur, psychology meets cybernetics, and theory and practice intersect. Constantine's range is extraordinary: project management, group development, discipline vs. chaos, tools, models, methods, processes, personalities, usability, and beyond. The Peopleware Papers includes two completely new sections: one on organizational culture, and another on making software objects more usable -- including Constantine's hard-to-find, breakthrough essays on usage-centered design. For every IT manager, executive, project team participant, and business consumer involved with software development.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
493 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-060123-0 (9780130601230)
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LARRY CONSTANTINE has been an innovator in software engineering practice and theory for nearly four decades. He is Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia), where he teaches software engineering and organizational change management. He is also Director of Research and Development for Constantine Lockwood, Ltd., a leading consultancy specializing in usage-centered design. In addition to the legendary Constantine on Peopleware, his recent books include Software for Use (Addison-Wesley, with Lucy Lockwood), winner of the 1999 Jolt Product Excellence Award.
Content
I. GROUP DEVELOPMENT.
1. Decisions, Decisions.
2. Consensus and Compromise.
3. Negotiating Consensus.
4. The Lowly and Exalted Scribe.
5. Official Space.
6. Irksome Interruptions.
II. COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS.
7. Cowboy Coders.
8. Cowboy Homecoming.
9. Unity in Diversity.
10. Coding Cowboys and Software Sages.
III. WORK ORGANIZATION.
11. Traditional Tactics.
12. Chaos Manners.
13. Open Architects.
14. Synchronized Swimming.
15. Team Politics.
16. Having It All.
17. Contrarion Conspiracy.
IV. TOOLS, MODELS AND METHODS.
18. CASE and Cognition.
19. Modeling Matters.
20. Mirror, Mirror.
21. Methodical Madness.
22. Essentially Speaking.
23. Shapes to Come.
24. Software Objectives.
25. The Seams Are Showing.
V. PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.
26. The Benefits of Visibility.
27. Rewards and Reuse.
28. Superlearning.
29. Up the Waterfall.
30. In-Time Delivery.
31. Under Pressure.
32. Re: Architecture.
33. Quality by Increments.
VI. SOFTWARE USABILITY.
34. Consistency and Conventions.
35. Complexity and Creeping Featurism.
36. Going to the Source.
37. Colorful Language.
38. Improving Intermediates.
39. Unusable You.
40. Editing Interfaces.
41. In Service.
VII. USABLE OBJECTS.
42. Objects in Your Face.
43. Getting the Message.
44. Abstract Objects.
45. New Media.
46. Useful Cases.
47. Efficient Objects.
48. Coherent Objects.
VIII. BRAVE NEW SOFTWARE.
49. Arrogant Programming.
50. Interfaces Diversified.
51. Wizard Widgets.
52. Future Faces.
IX. CULTURE AND QUALITY.
53. Culture Change.
54. Change Agents.
55. Embedded with the Best.
56. Columns from an Italian Restaurant.
57. Mentored Out.
58. In Training.
59. Gifted Programmers.
60. Industry Icons.
61. Impresario.
Appendix: Registered Peopleware.
References.
Index.
1. Decisions, Decisions.
2. Consensus and Compromise.
3. Negotiating Consensus.
4. The Lowly and Exalted Scribe.
5. Official Space.
6. Irksome Interruptions.
II. COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS.
7. Cowboy Coders.
8. Cowboy Homecoming.
9. Unity in Diversity.
10. Coding Cowboys and Software Sages.
III. WORK ORGANIZATION.
11. Traditional Tactics.
12. Chaos Manners.
13. Open Architects.
14. Synchronized Swimming.
15. Team Politics.
16. Having It All.
17. Contrarion Conspiracy.
IV. TOOLS, MODELS AND METHODS.
18. CASE and Cognition.
19. Modeling Matters.
20. Mirror, Mirror.
21. Methodical Madness.
22. Essentially Speaking.
23. Shapes to Come.
24. Software Objectives.
25. The Seams Are Showing.
V. PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.
26. The Benefits of Visibility.
27. Rewards and Reuse.
28. Superlearning.
29. Up the Waterfall.
30. In-Time Delivery.
31. Under Pressure.
32. Re: Architecture.
33. Quality by Increments.
VI. SOFTWARE USABILITY.
34. Consistency and Conventions.
35. Complexity and Creeping Featurism.
36. Going to the Source.
37. Colorful Language.
38. Improving Intermediates.
39. Unusable You.
40. Editing Interfaces.
41. In Service.
VII. USABLE OBJECTS.
42. Objects in Your Face.
43. Getting the Message.
44. Abstract Objects.
45. New Media.
46. Useful Cases.
47. Efficient Objects.
48. Coherent Objects.
VIII. BRAVE NEW SOFTWARE.
49. Arrogant Programming.
50. Interfaces Diversified.
51. Wizard Widgets.
52. Future Faces.
IX. CULTURE AND QUALITY.
53. Culture Change.
54. Change Agents.
55. Embedded with the Best.
56. Columns from an Italian Restaurant.
57. Mentored Out.
58. In Training.
59. Gifted Programmers.
60. Industry Icons.
61. Impresario.
Appendix: Registered Peopleware.
References.
Index.