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Extreme Contracts: Il knowledge work dalla negoziazione alla collaborazione
259 pages, Paperback
Published November 18, 2017
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Jacopo Romei
6 books22 followersI am an Italian consultant, entrepreneur & writer. After having founded a couple of IT companies and practiced agile software development, I moved on as a full-time freelance agile coach, coaching teams in Italy, Germany, France, and the UK.
During a new entrepreneurial adventure in ideato, I joined the eBay Italia team to set their agile process up. In 2015 I went back to freelancing, caring a lot about negotiation, product development, and organizations' governance.
As a writer, I have published a couple of nerd-ish books on agile coding practices and "Extreme Contracts: knowledge work from negotiation to collaboration."
I am a frequent public speaker in international conferences and events about how working is changing in knowledge work based industry and organizations management.
During a new entrepreneurial adventure in ideato, I joined the eBay Italia team to set their agile process up. In 2015 I went back to freelancing, caring a lot about negotiation, product development, and organizations' governance.
As a writer, I have published a couple of nerd-ish books on agile coding practices and "Extreme Contracts: knowledge work from negotiation to collaboration."
I am a frequent public speaker in international conferences and events about how working is changing in knowledge work based industry and organizations management.
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July 4, 2020
This book changed the way I think about contracts and negotiation
I'm new to the knowledge work field as a freelancer, since I've been employed most of my work life.
As it's natural I looked at the "industry standard" way of doing things, but it didn't click with me.
I first heard about Extreme Contracts at a conference, and I remember that I was intrigued. Then I bought the book, and I'm really glad I did.
I've already applied the suggestions to my own company, trying to propose more ethical and value-based contracts to my clients.
All the citation and references are useful too and never out of place.
I really enjoyed also the real life stories as they give a lot more context to the more abstract chapters about negotiation.
I'm new to the knowledge work field as a freelancer, since I've been employed most of my work life.
As it's natural I looked at the "industry standard" way of doing things, but it didn't click with me.
I first heard about Extreme Contracts at a conference, and I remember that I was intrigued. Then I bought the book, and I'm really glad I did.
I've already applied the suggestions to my own company, trying to propose more ethical and value-based contracts to my clients.
All the citation and references are useful too and never out of place.
I really enjoyed also the real life stories as they give a lot more context to the more abstract chapters about negotiation.
January 17, 2020
Il libro è pieno di spunti molto interessanti, ed è probabilmente un punto di riferimento nella quasi inesistente bibliografia sui contratti nel mondo del knowledge working, in particolare in quello del software.
Il testo contiene principi che dovrebbero essere nella cassetta degli attrezzi sia di chi offre i propri servizi, sia in chi li compra. Tanto buon senso, ma anche elementi pratici e facilmente attuabili.
In generale il libro mi è piaciuto e lo raccomando caldamente. Perché solo quattro stelle e non cinque? In diversi punti la fluidità della narrazione rallenta e si perde un po' il filo. Gli esempi di vita vissuta, per quanto raccontati in modo simpatico, li ho trovati un po' lunghi (quella lunghezza che non aggiunge valore) e non sempre mutuabili su contesti professionali.
Una versione in inglese e qualche aggiustatina alla narrazione renderebbe questo testo un potenziale best-seller.
Il testo contiene principi che dovrebbero essere nella cassetta degli attrezzi sia di chi offre i propri servizi, sia in chi li compra. Tanto buon senso, ma anche elementi pratici e facilmente attuabili.
In generale il libro mi è piaciuto e lo raccomando caldamente. Perché solo quattro stelle e non cinque? In diversi punti la fluidità della narrazione rallenta e si perde un po' il filo. Gli esempi di vita vissuta, per quanto raccontati in modo simpatico, li ho trovati un po' lunghi (quella lunghezza che non aggiunge valore) e non sempre mutuabili su contesti professionali.
Una versione in inglese e qualche aggiustatina alla narrazione renderebbe questo testo un potenziale best-seller.
August 6, 2020
Un po’ troppo superficiale. Lo stile è poco elaborato e contiene più ripetizioni che elaborazioni o sistematizzazioni dei concetti. Interessante, ma non merita più della sufficienza.
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