good book about heading up a development team?

secretlydead · 07-22-2011, 02:37 PM

what's a good book to read about heading up a development team - how to make flow charts and things and assign each piece to different programmers?

XavierP · 07-23-2011, 09:04 AM

To be honest, the mechanics of flow charts and assigning work is a minor part of it all - look at getting hold of some projact management books, look into the PRINCE2 qualification. You need to also know about man management, one of the best books I read on this was Herding Cats as it applies very much to your situation.

business_kid · 07-23-2011, 09:18 AM

Making a pyramid chart is the way to go.

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-End Goal
_-_-_-_-_-_-Tasks Needed to reach end goal
Tasks Needed to Achieve tasks needed to achieve end goal
etc

Pencil in dates. You'll be rubbing them out, of course.

sundialsvcs · 07-24-2011, 07:44 PM

Debugging the Development Process.

Get the boxed set of Microsoft's Software Engineering Classics and read the entire set. Slowly. Carefully.

(Yeah... I said: Microsoft.)

JayLondon · 09-01-2011, 08:12 AM

I agree. Hold onto some project management books, in particular check out the PRINCE2 methodology.