Recommended Reading

This is clearly where you have to start if you have anything to do with software development management. A great many people who know a lot more than the Mole and have a lot more "cred" have given this book ringing endorsements.

After you have read it, find out if you manager has read it. If he or she has not, give him or her a copy. Then hold him or her accountable for walking the talk. A manager who groks this book will not be afraid to be challenged on that score; you don't want to work for any other kind.