This book already has a detailed outline that I am continuing to edit in order to the book short and focused. Essentially, this book is documenting the techniques I have developed after being a technical lead for the last 10 years, across several companies, many projects, and working with a wide range of personalities.
Currently the book is divided into the following sections:
- Team Composition
- Team Leadership
- Team Motivation
- Team Principles
- Team Culture
- Team Work Ethic
- Team Decision Making
- Team Problem Solving
- Team Strategy
- Team Tactics
- Team Communication
- Team Adaptability
- Team Resiliency
It is a very direct and assertive book, as it is meant to be a team handbook given to and followed by the team without a lot of debate. It can be thought of as documenting the rules I have for any team I am the lead of. Today, these rules are passed around by word of mouth, but now I’m at a point where I can document them in a cogent and consistent manner.
I would imagine I would publish this in 2016, depending on the feedback I get for Personality Patterns of Problematic Projects. If people like that book, I’ll be motivated to write this one.