A similar paper: http://alistair.cockburn.us/Characterizing+people+as+non-linear,+first-order+components+in+software+development http://alistair.cockburn.us/Cha

A similar paper: http://alistair.cockburn.us/Characterizing+people+as+non-linear,+first-order+components+in+software+development http://alistair.cockburn.us/Characterizing+people+as+non-lin... The book "Peopleware" is also worth reading. Unfortunately it seems that nobody has done any serious anthropology on software production with a view to improving it.