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Q&A with Ignace and Yves Hanoulle about the Leadership Game

People have different ideas about what a leader can and should do, and personal leadership preferences. The book The Leadership Game is the manual for a three-hour game in which different leadership styles are practiced. InfoQ did an interview with Ignace and Yves Hanoulle about leadership styles, pair training and observing and giving feedback.

Ben Linders
on Apr 18, 2014
Q&A with Robert Pankowecki on his book Developers Oriented Project Management

Self-organized teams manage their work, the processes that they use and the way that they work together as a team and with their stakeholders. Robert Pankowecki is writing a book on Developers Oriented Project Management which aims to help programmers, product owners, project managers and agile company owners to improve their project management practices and move towards more flat organizations.

Ben Linders
on Apr 10, 2014
Author Q&A on Programming for Kids

The book Programming for Kids contains many examples that kids in the age from 9-14 can use to learn the basics of programming, using the programming language Ruby. It also shows them how they can use the command line on a Mac computer. Parents can sit beside their kids and follow along. InfoQ did an interview with the author Peter Armstrong about how kids learn computer programming.

Ben Linders
on Mar 07, 2014
Interview and Book Review of The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering

Capers Jones wrote the book The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering in which he provides an overview of the evolution of information technology and software development. InfoQ interviewed Capers about advancements and events in software engineering and the effects that they have had on our society.

Ben Linders
on Feb 26, 2014
Quality Code - Book Review and Interview

Quality Code book, authored by Stephen Vance, covers the different aspects of software development lifecycle with focus on delivering quality product. In the book, Stephen discusses the practices for supporting software craftsmanship testing. InfoQ spoke with the author about the book and the best practices for testing application code.

Srini Penchikala
on Feb 25, 2014
Author Q&A – The Lean Mindset by Tom and Mary Poppendieck

The Lean Mindset is a collection of research results and case studies from companies applying lean in product development and delivery. A lean mindset according to Mary and Tom Poppendieck is about “developing the expertise to ask the right questions, solve the right problems, and do the right thing in the situation at hand”.

Ben Linders
on Feb 18, 2014
Interview and Book Review Change Artistry

The book change artistry is a collection of essays from Esther Derby, Don Gray, Johanna Rothman and Gerald M. Weinberg. The essays cover a variety of topics to support professionals in developing their organizational change skills.

Ben Linders
on Jan 10, 2014
The Essence of Software Engineering: Book Review and Interview with Ivar Jacobson

The essence of software engineering introduces the Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT) initiative, and describes how it can be used in software development to understand and improve the way of working. It uses agile principles to support self-organizing teams in adopting agile and lean development practices. An interview with Ivar Jacobson, one of the authors and leaders of SEMAT.

Ben Linders
on Jul 23, 2013
Book Launch of “Commitment”, and an Interview with Olav Maassen, Chris Matts and Chris Geary

Commitment is a graphical business novel about managing project risks with “Real Options”, a way of thinking to improve your decision making. InfoQ attended the book launch on May 14 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands and spoke with the authors about decision making, risks and technical debt.

Ben Linders
on Jul 02, 2013
Interview and Book Review: Effective JavaScript

In his recent book Effective JavaScript, author David Herman takes an in-depth look at the JavaScript programming language and how to use it effectively to write more portable, robust and maintainable applications and libraries. InfoQ spoke with David about new trends in JavaScript and writing effective JavaScript libraries.

Nilanjan Raychaudhuri
on Jun 21, 2013
Graph Databases - Book Review and Interview

"Graph Databases" book covers the Graph based NoSQL database technology and different options available for storing "Connected Data" in the real world applications. InfoQ spoke with co-authors Ian Robinson and Jim Webber about the book, role of Graph Databases in the NoSQL database space, and what’s coming up in the Graph Databases.

Srini Penchikala
on Jun 07, 2013
Book Review: Core Java Volume 1 - Fundamentals

Core Java Volume I Ninth Edition by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell has been released, and it is as lucid and replete with basic non-trivial examples as ever. In this two-volume tome you will find everything you ever wanted to know about Java 7, the latest release of the Java Development Kit, including collections, generics, concurrency, etc.

Victor Grazi
on Jan 24, 2013

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