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The Mythical Man-Month
- 195 pages · about 3 hours
- First published 1975
- 11 editions
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1 About this book
Classic text on the human side of software engineering, containing essays on the management of software teams, projections about how computer languages and tools will evolve, and philosophical speculation. Unlike most other books about computing, Brooks' work has been remarkably enduring, remaining in print for at least four decades. The book is most famous for its statement of Brooks' Law: "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later".
- Addresses, essays
- Electronic digital computers
- Software engineering
- Programming
- Computer programming
- Management
2 About Frederick P. Brooks
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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