Debugging Teams: Better Productivity through Collaboration

In the course of their 20+-year engineering careers, authors Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman have picked up a treasure trove of wisdom and anecdotes about how successful teams work together. Their conclusion? Even among people who have spent decades learning the technical side of their jobs, most haven’t really focused on the human component. Learning to collaborate i...

In the course of their 20+-year engineering careers, authors Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman have picked up a treasure trove of wisdom and anecdotes about how successful teams work together. Their conclusion? Even among people who have spent decades learning the technical side of their jobs, most haven’t really focused on the human component. Learning to collaborate is just as important to success. If you invest in the "soft skills" of your job, you can have a much greater impact for the same amount of effort. The authors share their insights on how to lead a team effectively, navigate an organization, and build a healthy relationship with the users of your software. This is valuable information from two respected software engineers whose popular series of talks—including "Working with Poisonous People"—has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers.

布莱恩·傅攀勃现在是Google数据解放阵线和透明度工程两个团队的负责人，之前他还领导过Google的项目托管团队以及电子商务伙伴团队。他帮忙建立了Google芝加哥分部，并且为Google在开放数据上提出了很多想法和建议。

本·科林斯-萨斯曼是Subversion的初创成员之一，领导过Google的项目托管团队，现在是Google电子商务伙伴团队的负责人。他帮忙建立了Google芝加哥分部，并将Subversion移植到Google的BigTable平台上。