{PDF} Managing Technical People: Innovation, Teamwork, and the Software Process Humphrey, Watts S

Providing practical insights on how to best manage technical professionals, this text demonstrates that people are important in building software systems and suggests how to identify, motivate and organize innovative people. The work explains how teams can be used to solve difficult problems and underlines that successful software development has two basic requirements: a well-defined, quality-based process; and the best technical people.