Managing Humans

Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-59059-844-3
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's popular website Rands in Repose(www.randsinrepose.com). Lopp is one of the most sought-after IT managers in Silicon Valley, and draws on his experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland. This book reveals a variety of different approaches for creating innovative, happy development teams. It covers handling conflict, managing wildly differing personality types, infusing innovation into insane product schedules, and figuring out how to build lasting and useful engineering culture. The essays are biting, hilarious, and always informative.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lopp, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Don't Be a Prick
2. Managers are Not Evil
3. The Monday Freakout
4. Agenda Detection
5. Mandate Dissection
6. Information Starvation
7. Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence
8. Managementese
9. Technicality
10. Avoiding the Fez
11. Your Resignation Checklist
12. Saying No
13. 1.0
14. Taking Time to Think
15. The Soak
16. Malcolm Events
17. Capturing Context
18. Status Reports 2.0
19. Trickle Theory
20. A Glimpse and a Hook
21. Nailing the Phone Screen
22. Ninety Days
23. Bellwethers
24. NADD
25. A Nerd in a Cave
26. Meeting Creatures
27. Incrementalists and Completionists
28. Organics and Mechanics
29. Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics
30. Free Electrons
31. Rules for the Reorg
32. Offshore Risk Factor
33. Joe
34. Secret Titles

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Lopp is a veteran engineering manager who has never managed to escape the Silicon Valley. In over 20 years of software development, Michael has worked at a variety of innovative companies, including Apple, Netscape, Symantec, Borland International, and a startup that slowly faded into nothingness. In addition to his day job, Michael writes a popular technology and management weblog under the nom de plume "Rands," where he discusses his management ideas, worries about staying relevant, and wishes he had time to see more of the world. His weblog can be found at RandsinRepose.com. Michael lives in northern California, never far from the ocean.