REVIEW: «Deadline. Novel about project management, "Tom DeMarco
Books / / December 19, 2019
Tutorial Project Management. In the form of a science fiction novel!
Abduction Webster Tompkins will lift the economy of a small country's communist plague. At his disposal infinite human and financial resources. Webster act against bureaucracy, stupid bosses and deadlines.
Steep, but unrecognized IT-manager Webster Tompkins first falls under the firing, then it frame random beauty, lulls his drug and exports a small communist country Pestilence.
Fantasy?
Not. In fact - a textbook on project management. In the form of a science fiction novel.
How do you like it? Meet the review of the book by Tom DeMarco «Deadline. Novel about project management "!
Tom DeMarco
Tom DeMarco - the head of Atlantic Systems Guild international consulting company specializing in construction of complex business systems, risk management, reengineering, building a healthy corporate culture. It also provides assistance in legal proceedings relating to the software. Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (Association for Computing Machinery) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Plot
Abduction Webster Tompkins will lift the economy of a small country's communist plague.
At his disposal infinite human and financial resources. Webster act against bureaucracy, stupid bosses and deadlines.
At the end of each chapter Webster writes the lessons learned in your notebook. These records - the most precious thing there is in the book for a manager.
Here are just a few topics that are addressed in the book:
- Recruitment.
- Employee Motivation.
- Resolution of conflicts within the company.
- Working hours, overtime work.
- Reductions and transfers of employees.
- Head-tyrant.
As well tired of tutorials!
Reading this book, I found myself thinking about how I'm tired of traditional textbooks. Rule - Evidence - examples - results. And water, water, water ...
Helpful? Uh-huh.
Bored? Oh yeah!
Deadline thick book I swallowed three days. Adventure Webster's delay, although the theme of "textbook" I was not very interesting.
Artistic format makes any tutorial interesting and useful. Why is it so rarely used in business literature?
Summary
Evaluation: 8/10.
To read: Yes, if you are managing people.
Interesting novel about project management. Vivid characters, humor, convoluted plot - everything is in place.
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«Deadline. Novel about project management, "Tom DeMarco
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