The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management
From prolific and influential consultant and author Tom DeMarco comes a project management novel that vividly illustrates the principles and development team. With his trademark wit set free in the novel format, DeMarco centers the plot around the development of six software products. Mr. Tompkins, a manager downsized from a giant telecommunications company, divides the huge staff of developers at his disposal into eighteen teams three for each of the products. The teams are of different sizes and use different methods, and they compete against each other . . . and against an impossible deadline. With these teams, and with the help of numerous consultants who come to his aid, Mr. Tompkins tests the project management principles he has gathered over a lifetime. Key chapters end with journal entries that form the core of the eye-opening approaches to management illustrated in this entertaining novel. American Programmer The Deadline is almost as funny as a book full of Dilbert cartoons, but it's far less cynical. More important, it contains some profound wisdom, and some practical, positive advice for improving the chances of meeting your next project deadline. I highly recommend it Table Of Contents: Preface 1. Opportunity Knocking 2. Standing Up to Kalbfuss 3. Silikon Valejit 4. The CD-ROM Plant 5. NNL 6. The World's Greatest Project Manager 7. Taking On Staff 8. The Eminent Dr. Rizzoli 9. Ex-General Markov 10. Abdul Jamid 11. The Sinister Minister Belok 12. The Numbers Man 13. QuickerStill 14. Morovia's First Programmer 15. Think Fast! 16. Planning for the Summer Games 17. The Guru of Conflict Resolution 18. Maestro Diyeniar 19. Part and Whole 20. Standing on Ceremony 21. Endgame Begins 22. The Year's Hottest IPO 23. Passing Through Riga on the Way Home Special Features: The Deadline American Programmer The Deadline is almost as funny as a book full of Dilbert cartoons, but it's far less cynical. More important, it contains some p
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