Topic 49 | Pragmatic Teams |
At Group L, Stoffel oversees six first-rate programmers, a managerial challenge roughly comparable to herding cats.
Even in 1985, the joke about herding cats was getting old. By the time of the first edition at the turn of the century, it was positively ancient. Yet it persists, because it has a ring of truth to it. Programmers are a bit like cats: intelligent, strong willed, opinionated, independent, and often worshiped by the net.
So far in this book we've looked at pragmatic techniques that help an individual be a better programmer. Can these methods work for teams as well, even for teams of strong-willed, independent people? The answer is a resounding “yes!'' There are ...
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