''Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams'' (second edition) by TomDeMarco and TimLister 

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ISBN 0932633439

One of the BooksOnLeadership. This is a book about AmeliorationPattern''''''s, AntiPattern''''''s in management, and more. 

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Places discussed:  EmPowerment, HumanInteractions

The first edition came out in 1987. It makes copious mention of Alexander.

The second edition has eight new chapters and includes some discussion that I found very helpful of how adoption of WattsHumphrey's CMM-based 'process improvement' has in practice led to a low risk development process that delivers '''low value''' within many organizations. Quite unlike XP's aggressiveness/courage value or the development '''scoop''' described in SuccessStatement. -- RichardDrake

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See also
	* ConstantineOnPeopleware
	* RingerTape is an idea that has been lifted from the book and cast in pattern form.
	* LordOfTheFlies and ProgrammingOutsideTheCube are in the spirit of DeMarco's and Lister's discussion about office environment. 
	* BeepSpeek mentions wire cutters, a variant of ScrewdriverWork (like RingerTape).
	* MentalStateCalledFlow is described in the book
	* PeoplewarePapers
	* EmployeeSatisfactionStudy

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