The last week was slow with regards to book reading, too many things got in the way (including good weather for race cycling, which is rare in October here - I already have winter tires on my car...). Peopleware by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister nonetheless was a highly interesting read; you get prescriptive advice, which can be start for you on a project or even a higher level.

They are also talking about a topic close to my heart: teamicide - I have seen that way too many times myself. They present a list of sure-fire "techniques" to inhibit formation of teams and disrupt project sociology:

• Defensive management
• Bureaucracy
• Physical separation
• Fragmentation of people's time
• Quality reduction of the product
• Phony deadlines
• Clique control
• Those damn posters and plaques
• Overtime: the unanticipated side effect

Agreed, 100%. Experienced, 100%.