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Recommended reading for new team lead
As a programming team leader, which books do you recommend?
Books about HR, good programming practices etc.
I have recently seen PHP Team Development but it is not mind blowing for experienced developers.
One of the best I can recommend is Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, which helped me a lot in improving the language and practices of documenting the code.
The Mythical Man-Month, by Fred Brooks. Anybody who has any kind of a management role in a software project needs to know this book forward and back. Also, read C. A. R. Hoare's 1980 Turing Award lecture, The Emperor's Old Clothes (pdf).
Code Complete, 2nd Edition - http://cc2e.com/
This is full of best practice guidelines. Also, if you are doing any OO design:
Patterns of Enterprise Architecture - http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/
And I think every team needs a little more requirements analysis:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735618798/processimpact
These are three books I wish my project leader would read ;)
These books cover planning, design and construction together.
Awesome book. Written in an entertaining manner that covers a lot software specific challenges like a 1.0 release. Has a way of making you think not just of the people you are responsible for, but of yourself as well. Invaluable.
Another dated but still classic is The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald M. Weinberg.
I also like Death March by Edward Yourdon and Peopleware by DeMarco & Lister.
I would recommend Mary and Tom Poppendieck's Lean Software Development. If you take the Lean principles to heart, you and your team will likely avoid a lot of costly waste and have a better chance of delivering quality software in an efficient manner. This book succinctly expresses a lot of the most powerful ideas of the agile movement, and really drives home the importance of putting authority into the hands of the "foot soldier".
an old classic about human relationship, which is highly recommended for anyone in any role in life (parent, partner, employer, friend, etc.) is How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
do yourself a favor and read it, it's a short book and an easy read, with a nice aroma of the 1930's, though 100% relevant for our current times (even more so with today's harsh world).
