Professional Books
Explore essential professional development books with our curated list, including Tom DeMarco's The Deadline and Frederick P. Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month. Discover expert insights on business, economics, and project management to sharpen your career skills.
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The Deadline
by Tom DeMarco
From prolific and influential consultant and author Tom DeMarco comes a project management novel that vividly illustrates the principles--and the outright absurdities--that affect the productivity of a software development team. With his trademark wit set free in the novel format, DeMarco centers the plot around the development of six software products. Mr. Tompkins, a manager downsized from a giant telecommunications company, divides the huge staff of developers at his disposal into eighteen teams--three for each of the software products. The teams are different sizes and use different methods, and they compete against each other and against an impossible deadline. With these teams--and with the help of numerous "fictionalized" consultants who come to his aid--Tompkins tests the project management principles he has gathered over a lifetime. Each chapter closes with journal entries that form the core of the eye-opening approaches to management illustrated in this entertaining novel.
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The Mythical Man-month
by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)
General literature -- Introductory and Survey.