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Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior
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Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior

by Tom DeMarco, Peter Hruschka, Tim Lister, Steve McMenamin, James Robertson, Suzanne Robertson
July 2013
Intermediate to advanced
248 pages
5h 22m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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60. Food++

The members of the project team regularly eat their meals together, and when possible, plan and prepare them as a team.

During production of the wonderful anime movie Spirited Away, the director realized that the film would miss its summer opening unless the animation team quickened its pace. The team decided its best way forward was to work longer hours.

One night, when everybody was working late, one of the team artists took it upon himself to cook spaghetti all’amatriciana. Everybody who was still at work—and there were quite a few of them—ate together and declared that they loved the experience. The following night, a different team member decided she would cook for everybody, and the night after that, someone else took a turn ...

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ISBN: 9780133492286