Gerald Weinberg Rules
So you don’t manage software engineering projects. Then should you read Jerry Weinberg’s Overstructured management of software engineering?
Absolutely. Positively.
If you write, read it. Weinberg is a model of lucid and engaging writing.
If you manage organizations of any kind, read it. Weinberg understands what you face. (Weinberg is writing about “overstructuring” errors which software managers are especially prone to because they were once programmers. But they are errors one sees in every kind of organization.)
If you simply like seeing a true alpha mind at work, read it and anything else by Weinberg.
I took a course in software development management at MIT Sloan, and this article was one of my favorite pieces of reading for that course. Although it’s probably been online for eons, I’m delighted to have found it, and happy to share it with you.