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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister
An examination of the human and organizational conditions of software teamwork.
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams appears in 3 currently documented source-backed recommendations.
Jeff Atwood
Software developer and computing founder
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article
Documented citation: Jeff Atwood recommends Peopleware to working software developers.
Documented citation · Recommended
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Recommended Reading for DevelopersThis source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.
Coding Horror · undated · accessed 2026-10-01
article · Own reading recommendation
Own explicit reader-facing recommendation. Selected book appears in the recommendation passage, not merely in a quoted third-party excerpt.
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Jeff Atwood
Software developer and computing founder
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Own reading recommendation
article
Documented citation: Jeff Atwood recommends Peopleware to working software developers.
Documented citation · Recommended
Open source
Evidence details
Programmers Don’t Read Books – But You ShouldThis source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.
Coding Horror · 2008-04-28 · accessed 2026-10-01
article · Own reading recommendation
Own explicit reader-facing recommendation. Selected book appears in the recommendation passage, not merely in a quoted third-party excerpt.
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Joel Spolsky
Software developer and computing founder
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article
Documented citation: Joel Spolsky recommends that software managers read Peopleware regularly.
Documented citation · Recommended
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Peopleware reading recommendationThis source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.
Joel on Software · 2000-03-30 · accessed 2026-10-01
article · Own reading recommendation
Own positive recommendation identifies the book and its practical value for software teams.
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