Adrenaline junkies, dead fish, project sluts, true believers, Lewis and Clark, template zombies . . .
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Sep 22, 2008
Wendy
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I really want to give all my coworkers copies of this book. Because the coolest thing about it is that it gives you a language to talk about software development projects with. This book is basically a dictionary of "project patterns" - patterns of behavior, good and bad, that software development groups often exhibit.
Anyone who has worked in software (or probably on other complex projects) is going to recognize many of these patterns. (Although, I'm personally very gratef More...
Anyone who has worked in software (or probably on other complex projects) is going to recognize many of these patterns. (Although, I'm personally very gratef More...
Apr 28, 2011
Ben
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The book "Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies, Understanding Patterns of project behavior" contains 86 patterns, written in an easy readable and recognizable style which make you think about how people behave in projects. The authors have a lot of experience in various areas; their different views help you to get a broader understanding of issues that you can face in projects.
Patterns help us to understand things. They are not necessarily good or bad; in fact they may or More...
Patterns help us to understand things. They are not necessarily good or bad; in fact they may or More...
Nov 09, 2009
Michael
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As with most pattern books, this is one you flip through in an hour and then save it to refer back to. The strength of software management and development pattern books is describing problems that commonly occur, not really telling you how to fix them. Thus, they tend to be frustrating because you're left thinking, "how am I going to get this to work in my organization?" There is a certain level of detail in some of these patterns that's refreshing, but most are just brief outlines of
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Jul 30, 2011
David
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Reading this book felt a bit like going to church to listen to the nth version of the same sermon. You agree with everything that's being said, you are comforted in your own beliefs, and you would certainly give this book to a newcomer to the field.
That said, anyone who's been through Peopleware or similar books will probably not learn any really new things from this book. It's very fun to read about those behavioral patterns that the authors have documented, but I would be much more More...
That said, anyone who's been through Peopleware or similar books will probably not learn any really new things from this book. It's very fun to read about those behavioral patterns that the authors have documented, but I would be much more More...
Jul 17, 2011
Biblioworm
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Удивительно, но возразить против трактовки авторов захотелось только в нескольких из почти сотни паттернов.
Серьезный недостаток, жестко определенный общим построением книги - отсутствие единой системы и даже отнсительно глубокого разбора каждого из паттернов.
Т.е. это скорее словарик.
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Серьезный недостаток, жестко определенный общим построением книги - отсутствие единой системы и даже отнсительно глубокого разбора каждого из паттернов.
Т.е. это скорее словарик.
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Feb 01, 2010
Zgrinch
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Excellent real world examples and practical advice on how to avoid some of the pitfalls. LMAO at parts
Sep 26, 2010
Will
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It's all right.
The problem that this book has is that it's a list of patterns. Each of these patterns stands on its own, but does not feed into an overarching theme. As such, I got the feeling of "yes, I've seen this before" but nothing that told me "ah, this is why this happens." Simply listing things isn't going to lead to any epiphanies, but it's nice to see that some behaviors seem to be universal.
The problem that this book has is that it's a list of patterns. Each of these patterns stands on its own, but does not feed into an overarching theme. As such, I got the feeling of "yes, I've seen this before" but nothing that told me "ah, this is why this happens." Simply listing things isn't going to lead to any epiphanies, but it's nice to see that some behaviors seem to be universal.
May 29, 2011
Stefan
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Typcial DeMarco, who and the other author did a wounderful job. The short stories are good to read and again a book which contains a lot of stuff to think about it as software engineer.
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