Human Aspects of Software Engineering (Charles River Media Computer Engineering)

Readers will be able to differentiate between democratic and hierarchically based teams with respect to structure, benefits, faults, kinds of projects each structure fits, and roles of team members .

Readers will become familiar with the roles of typical eXtreme Programming (XP) and Team Software Process (TSP) team members.

Readers will analyze benefits and pitfalls of different kinds of teams such as jelled teams and virtual teams.

Readers will be able to organize an appropriate team.

Readers will understand how incentives work and influence software teams.

Readers will understand what outsourcing means in the software industry.