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From: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Looking for books
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Date: 21 Dec 90 15:28:44 GMT
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In article <15050003@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> ritchie@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (David Ritchie) writes:
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>  I would recommend Peopleware by DeMarco and Lister. It is a excellent
>discussion of the people issues in software engineering.

I read this (after many recommendations) and while I generally liked it,
some of the conclusions just didn't seem to follow from their data or
arguments.  My favorite book on people issues is:

Philip Metzger, Managing_Programming_People.  

Short and readable like Peopleware but focuses more on specific software
engineering activites.

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