The mythical man-month :
Brooks, Frederick P.
The mythical man-month : essays on software engineering / by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. - Anniversary ed. - Boston : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 2014 - xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Anniversary ed. has four new chapters.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
The tar pit --
The mythical man-month --
The surgical team --
Aristocracy, democracy, and system design --
The second-system effect --
Passing the word --
Why did the Tower of Babel fail? --
Calling the shot --
Ten pounds in a five-pound sack --
The documentary hypothesis --
Plan to throw one away --
Sharp tools --
The whole and the parts --
Hatching a catastrophe --
The other face --
No silver bulled--essence and accident --
"No silver bullet" refired --
Propositions of The Mythical man-month: true or false? --
The Mythical man-month after 20 years.
These essays draw from Brooks' experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 years after the initial publication of his book, Brooks has revisited his original ideas and added new thoughts and advice. -- from publisher description.
9780201835953 (pbk)
94036653
Software engineering.
Information technology projects.
005.1068 / BRO-M 2014 6991
The mythical man-month : essays on software engineering / by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. - Anniversary ed. - Boston : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 2014 - xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Anniversary ed. has four new chapters.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
The tar pit --
The mythical man-month --
The surgical team --
Aristocracy, democracy, and system design --
The second-system effect --
Passing the word --
Why did the Tower of Babel fail? --
Calling the shot --
Ten pounds in a five-pound sack --
The documentary hypothesis --
Plan to throw one away --
Sharp tools --
The whole and the parts --
Hatching a catastrophe --
The other face --
No silver bulled--essence and accident --
"No silver bullet" refired --
Propositions of The Mythical man-month: true or false? --
The Mythical man-month after 20 years.
These essays draw from Brooks' experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 years after the initial publication of his book, Brooks has revisited his original ideas and added new thoughts and advice. -- from publisher description.
9780201835953 (pbk)
94036653
Software engineering.
Information technology projects.
005.1068 / BRO-M 2014 6991