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AFTER CERTAINTY

Person

Tom DeMarco

Authors on software team dynamics, flow, and the human sources of project risk.

Why this matters

Their peopleware frame links collaboration difficulty to environment—not defective individuals.

Focus in observatory

Works

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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the

DeMarco, Tom, and Timothy Lister. *Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency*. New York: Broadway Books, 2016.

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Peopleware: Productive Projects

DeMarco, Tom, and Timothy R. Lister. *Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams*. New York: Dorset House, 1987.

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