The mythical man-month : essays on software engineering / by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

By: (Frederick Phillips) Brooks, Frederick PMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 2014Edition: Anniversary edDescription: xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9780201835953 (pbk)Subject(s): Software engineering | Information technology projectsDDC classification: 005.1068
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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