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The Mythical Man Month

Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Brooks uses OS/360 to explain why staffing, schedules, and coherent design challenge large software projects. His later essays revisit the original advice and identify what he changed his mind about.

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9 parts, about 21 minutes to read.

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Author
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Parts
9 parts
Reading time
about 21 minutes
The whole book
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What the summary covers

  1. A Program and a System Product2 min
  2. Why More People Do Not Buy Time2 min
  3. Few Designing Minds, Many Building Hands3 min
  4. Passing the Design Through an Organization2 min
  5. Budgets, Representations, and Written Decisions1 min
  6. Expect Change and Build for Testing3 min
  7. Why There Is No Single Silver Bullet3 min
  8. What the 1995 Response Qualifies1 min
  9. Twenty Years Later4 min

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