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Never heard the analogy of PMs to APIs, but that's the kind of thing that immediately gets stuck in your brain. Nicely put.

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There was a book about "team APIs" that provided a framework for negotiating how teams will interact with each other.

Of course, I can't find the book online now. I thought it was a Microsoft Press book by Steve McConnell or Steve Maguire.

Perhaps this: Steve Maguire: Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship Dates, and Building Solid Teams (1994)

http://www.amazon.com/Debugging-Development-Process-Practica...

edit: Or maybe it was Steve McConnell's you recommend?:

Software Project Survival Guide (Microsoft, 1997)

http://www.amazon.com/Software-Project-Survival-Developer-Pr...

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