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Leading a Software Development Team: A Developers Guide to Successfully Leading People and Projects
Suppose you are the team leader of a software project. You thought you did all the right things at every stage. Yet the project came in three months late and the application crashed continuously when it went live. What could you have done to prevent this? This book seeks to provide the answers. It covers common questions which should occur to ever
new team leader - "How do I earn the respect of my team?", "How do I draw up a project plan?". It discusses the activities which you need to master as a team leader. The text aims to help readers gain the confidence to take a leadership role, learn from their experiences and become better leaders of successful software projects. The book is written by a practitioner who has faced the most common and difficult issues on a day-to-day basis. It takes the form of questions that you will inevitably find yourself asking, followed by practical answers that you can immediately apply in your own situation. This book gives advice on how to overcome problems and offers practical tips and techniques on how to lead other people, make good decisions and get your project out on time. It teaches skills such as: motivation and teambuilding; leading technical people and dealing with problematic team members; planning and project management; winning management support; leading an object-oriented project; requirements capture and handling changes in requirements; and interviewing and presenting effective decision making.
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