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Peopleware

By Timothy Lister & Tom DeMarco

Productive Projects and Teams, Second Edition. Dorset House, 1999 (originally published 1987).

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Peopleware

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A guide for business leaders on ways to improve company performance through effective people management and team building, in addition to intuitive yet often-overlooked advice about how to solve any project’s problems with people-centered solutions.

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Who should read Peopleware

Managers and team leaders • HR directors • entrepreneurs • software developers • anyone who works in a corporate culture

About the author of Peopleware

Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister are American consultants at The Atlantic Systems Guild, a consulting group focused on team leadership and project management. DeMarco has authored several books based on his global consulting experience, and Lister writes about organizational behavior. Together they have co-authored Waltzing with Bears and Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies.

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