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.
Works2 sources
book
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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