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Brooks, Frederick P., Jr., 1931-2022,

The mythical man-month : essays on software engineering / Frederick P. Brooks, Jr - Anniversary edition - xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Anniversary edition has four new chapters

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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

ISBN: 0201835959 9780201835953

Standard No.: 9780201835953

Source: Prentice Hall, C/O Pearson Education Order Dept 135 S Mount Zion rd, Lebanon, IN, USA, 46052 SAN 200-2175

LCCN: 94036653

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9589799 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Software engineering
Information technology projects
Engineering
Engineering
Software
Information Technology

LC Class. No.: QA76.758 / .B75 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 005.1/068

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 005.8:658.5 / B76

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QA 76.758 / B873 1995

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: CIS2106