Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-491) and index.
About the Author
Michael A. Cusumano teaches strategy and technology management at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Organizing and Managing the Company
Find "Smart" People Who Know the Technology and the Business 2. Managing Creative People and Technical Skills
Organize Small Teams of Overlapping Functional Specialists 3. Competing with Products and Standards
Pioneer and Orchestrate Evolving Mass Markets 4. Defining Products and Development Processes
Focus Creativity by Evolving Features and "Firing" Resources 5. Developing and Shipping Products
Do Everything in Parallel with Frequent Synchronizations 6. Building a Learning Organization
Improve Through Continuous Self-Critiquing, Feedback, and Sharing 7. Attack the Future!
Appendixes:
- Microsoft Chronology
- Main Microsoft Desktop and Business Applications
- Microsoft Operating Systems
- Applications Division Employee Survey
- Sample of Microsoft Agreements for the Info Highway
Interviews
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author