Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager, Second Edition

Index

A

Accessible management metaphor-laced language, 83

Active soaking, 140–141

Agenda detection

definition, 57

meeting type identification, 57–58

organizational ineptitude, 61

participant classification, 58

players identification, 59

pros and cons, 59–61

Allison, 33

Apple, 96, 169–170

Ashton-Tate, 167

B

Bellwethers

core interview team, 179–180

cultural, 180, 182

team consensus, 181, 182

team interviews, 182

technical, 180

vision, 181

Bitter nerd, 194

Blingleforth function, 150

Boondoggle, 88

Boredom

credibility, 177

detection, 173–175

employee motivation and retention, 173

plan of action, 175–177

software development, 177

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