| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Anniversary ed. has four new chapters |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Software engineering -- Management.
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Software engineering.
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COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Engineering -- Project Management.
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Software engineering
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Software engineering -- Management
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Programmatuurtechniek.
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Engineering & Applied Sciences.
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Computer Science.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
94036653 |
| ISBN |
9780132100694 |
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013210069X |
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9780132119160 |
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0132119161 |
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