CEO - Managing: Why Projects So Often Go Wrong - FORTUNE - Page

CEO - Managing: Why Projects So Often Go Wrong - FORTUNE - Page: "It's been 30 years since you wrote your book. Is it still relevant?
People still buy copies to give to their boss. The book is really more about management than about technology. The technology has changed immensely, so some of the old chapters are totally out of sync. On the other hand, people haven't changed much. That's why Homer and Shakespeare and the Bible are still relevant, because they're all dealing with human nature. I think that's part of the explanation for this book: The problems of managing people in teams have not changed, though the medium in which people are designing and the tools they are using have. Some people have called the book the 'bible of software engineering.' I would agree with that in one respect: that is, everybody quotes it, some people read it, and a few people go by it. "