The Eighth Management--How to Surpass India and the United States in Software

Author: Luo Yeming
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: 8Manage originates from years of complex software battlefield experience. It understands the main contradiction in current software engineering management—the primary objects of software production and management are intellectual achievements, yet American and global software management and engineering science are based on the foundation of industrial-era physical product management. From a completely new "human-centric" perspective, it forms tools for commitment management, consequence management, and self-management, making existing management tools more effective in ensuring rigorous coordination while preserving space for creative freedom in large-scale software engineering. The author of this book has 25 years of experience in the American software industry and has led the development of large-scale software projects multiple times. The author identifies a significant blind spot in modern management—no management philosophy, theory, or approach is suitable for managing intellectual workers such as software developers. Even in the United States, a globally leading software industry, companies still implement factory-style, mechanistic management methods for software developers, which is a major flaw for the software industry. The author points out that the Chinese software industry can take the lead in breaking through this blind spot and establishing new standards for software management, avoiding the path taken by the United States and India, which involves indirect approaches and catching up head-on. As a result, the author proposes the concept of "8thManage" and elaborates on the specific implementation plan.