Antipatterns

Antipatterns: Managing Software Organizations and People, Second Edition catalogs 49 business practices that are frequently precursors to failure, with an emphasis on leadership principles and practices. This updated edition of a best-selling book not only illustrates bad management practices, but also discusses the bad work environments and cultural traits that are common in IT, software development, and other business domains. It describes the situation and symptoms, provides examples, and offers a refactoring solution for each antipattern.

The authors, who are graduate faculty at Penn State University, avoid an overly scholarly tone in favor of entertaining sidebars, cartoons, stories, and jokes. They give names to the antipatterns that are visually appealing, humorous, and memorable. They illustrate key concepts in an engaging way by using real-world anecdotes. This revised edition includes a new chapter, six updated chapters, and new discussion questions, as well as new management and environmental antipatterns. Leadership principles, environmental antipatterns, group patterns, management antipatterns, and team leadership are among the topics covered.

Following an introduction to management theory and human behavior, the text catalogs a comprehensive list of management, cultural, and environmental antipatterns. It includes thought-provoking exercises in which you describe a situation, identifies antipatterns, and explain how to refactor it. It offers tried-and-true advice to help you overcome bad habits by interacting successfully with your clients, customers, peers, supervisors, and subordinates.

Author: Colin J. Neill, Philip A. Laplante and Joanna F. DeFranco

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Antipatterns-Managing-Software-Organizations-Engineering/dp/1439861862/