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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1995.Edition: Anniversary edDescription: xiii, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0201835959
  • 9780201835953
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA76.758 .B75 1995
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.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks QA76.758.B75 1995 1 Available 33710001239230

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.