Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Adrenaline junkies and template zombies : understanding patterns of project
behavior / Tom DeMarco ... [et al.].
      p. cm.
  ISBN 978-0-932633-67-5
1.  Organizational behavior. 2.  Corporate culture. 3.  Management. 4.  Employee
motivation.  I. DeMarco, Tom.

HD58.7.D444 2008
302.3’5--dc22
                                                        2008000865

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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2008000865

ISBN-13: 978-0-932633-67-5

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