Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers Hank Rainwater
This self-help guide is for programmers who need to improve their management and leadership skills.
From the reviews:
The book deals with the difficulties of making a number of independently minded programmers work together as a team - a task that has been likened to herding cats. ... This is a very readable textbook and touches on many aspects of management. Once you've read it you should feel better equipped to cope with all those cats ... . If you happen to hate cats, keep an open mind and just accept the phrase as the amusing analogy it is intended to be. (LINUX Magazine, Issue 21, 2002)