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

By:

Brooks, Frederick P., Jr, 1931-2022 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Reading, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, [1995]Copyright date: ℗♭1995Edition: Anniversary editionDescription: xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0201835959
9780201835953

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Mythical man-month.DDC classification:

005.1/068 20

LOC classification:

QA76.758 .B75 1995

NLM classification:

QA 76.758

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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Dato Maznah Library & Information Services	Open Collection	QA Mathematics	QA76.758 .B75 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1002012

Anniversary edition has four new chapters

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index

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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